Hey Y'all!
New member, joining from sunny Houston. Great to find the forum!
I've been an archer because I've lived outside the US and that was the only way to scratch my itch for projectiles. Just moved back to Texas inherited my FIL's gun collection. Its not much to speak of, a couple of older Bersa's, and an ancient Mauser C96 that's probably not safe to fire any more. There are a few others, mostly ranch and truck guns. Going to be fun once I get them checked out by pro...
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2Howdy From Houston
Sounds like a hearty collection to start with. Welcome to Houston. There is always somewhere to shoot around here. Your addition might be a good excuss to have another local meet-up.
Sounds like a hearty collection to start with. Welcome to Houston. There is always somewhere to shoot around here. Your addition might be a good excuss to have another local meet-up.
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3Welcome from The Free State of Nevada.
This here is an active thread on the forum now about restoring a C96.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=51873&hilit=broomhandle
This here is an active thread on the forum now about restoring a C96.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=51873&hilit=broomhandle
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5"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent." -Gandhi
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6Welcome from Lexington KY
All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty.-Henry Clay
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.—Aristotle
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.—Aristotle
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8Welcome from Oregon. Don't sell that C96 short. Even if you can't fire it it's still worth it for parts
Cynistoicureanism: The world view best expressed by "I can't trust 'em any farther then I can throw 'em, There's nothing I can do about it anyway, So let's have a drink".
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9another c96. they can be rebuilt. there's a thread in hardware/handguns.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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10Welcome! Lot's of good folks here in the Houston area. We try to have range meetups a few times a year.
106+ recreational uses of firearms
1 defensive use
0 people injured
0 people killed
1 defensive use
0 people injured
0 people killed
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12Thanks y'all. I do need to get that C96 to a pro to look at. My FIL had it as a curiosity, belonged to his father before him I think. Not sure if it misfired or he was just a crappy shot or both, but he was scared of loading that and that was pretty much the only thing that scared him. Still, collectable....
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13"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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14Another Houston welcome! What FlyGuy and Eris said!
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15sounds like it was maybe going full auto? likely a sear arm/disconnector issue. maybe the hammer pin/spring.sonhenry wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:13 pm Thanks y'all. I do need to get that C96 to a pro to look at. My FIL had it as a curiosity, belonged to his father before him I think. Not sure if it misfired or he was just a crappy shot or both, but he was scared of loading that and that was pretty much the only thing that scared him. Still, collectable....
if not going full auto, maybe stuck firing pin, in which case it will slamfire when the bolt closes. be sure to load it with stripper clips, or it's a single-shot right then and there unless you have 3 hands. dry-fire it a couple of times.
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i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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16It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
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18Speaking of full auto C96..
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/mauser ... ne-pistol/
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/mauser ... ne-pistol/