Mauser C96 With SMR Railway Stamp?

[Bruce Pennington]

From a post on the Gunboards forum: https://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?1160751-South-Manchuria-Railway-pistols

 

Wondering if anyone knows of the Japanese using German Mausers during the war? The railway stamp COULD be South Manchurian Railway.

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Some pics with sources shown. Multiple images of Chinese soldiers using Mausers. SMR was in China, and the various railways had their own police/soldier guard units. So it's definitely within the realm of possiblities that one of the raiways (there were more than just SMR) stamped this weapon.

[Ganko]

I saw one in a real nice clamshell holster years ago. I think it was 8mm Nambu rather than 30 Mauser Cal.

[Brian]

China bought, used and also made their own C96's in huge volumes. Imported a crate of old ones many years ago, everything from German Schnellfeuers to crude Chinese made ones.
Stands to reason some would be used by SMR and engraved as such.

[christianmalterre]

very strange!

 

i have never ever seen this model ( in 8.-  9. - Flobert-  and 3.0 Mauser-//// with such carving-/-/ filing marks ever!

 

Also, i just do remark, for the original first 3 generations one, the Hammer is not authentic! ( latter ones are either not relevant...)

 

somehow ( very!) strange to my eyes...but yes? who knows...?

 

( i won´t buy or own it for shure!...it does rather look cinematic for me ? )

 

maybe a "Star Wars" cinematic weapon....worn by a Mandalorian,or a Stormtrooper !  LOL!

 

Christian

[PNSSHOGUN]

The mark looks exceptionally crude.

[Brian]

I have little doubt this is a Chinese made one. They range from terrible to not bad at all.

[Bruce Pennington]

The mark looks exceptionally crude.

I agree John. There were many other railways, so this could have been for any of the others. I doubt SMR would have permitted an image like this for their opereation.

[kolhoznik]

Also during the warlord era in China several Spanish companies made c96 look alikes that had almost identical external appearances but had some internal mechanical differences

[uwe]

Seems that they also used the German M16/18 Stahlhelm back then.....?!

[BANGBANGSAN]

On 7/16/2020 at 11:54 PM, Bruce Pennington said:

From a post on the Gunboards forum: https://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?1160751-South-Manchuria-Railway-pistols

 

Wondering if anyone knows of the Japanese using German Mausers during the war? The railway stamp COULD be South Manchurian Railway.

 

Bruce

Hers is a blueprint photo from Showa 12 year（1937）of an Electric locomotive for coal mine use, it has an SMR logo with an outer circle. Kind of like the mark on that C96.

 

[Peter Bleed]

Be still, my heart!

Peter

[Bruce Pennington]

3 hours ago, BANGBANGSAN said:

an SMR logo with an outer circle

You nailed it Trystan!