Presumably the silenced Type 64 is a definite no-no ... after all, it comes in .32 Browning!
We all want the .45 Broomhandles that haven't been made in more than half a century but, realistically, can we get newly made, semi-only Type 80s? I have a 1909 C96 sitting in my safe that I have never fired.
A well-made, low-priced .38 Special would be welcome, as well, but I don't know if it could be made at a price that would significantly undercut Ruger's products.
PS -- Hey, Mark-II, keep your hands off my Mauser!!!
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
- Seneca the Younger
I'd Be in for a broom handle! The only problem would be if norinco still has the jigs, forms and tools still.
Judging from the content of the site I would say this is not actually a listing of "Norinco" products, which I have come to believe from reading this forum, doesn't actually manufacture anything as a brand anyway. I think they just market products made by various Chinese arms factories.
The site seems to be a list of almost everything ever made by every country, so I doubt that the tooling still exists in China to make a broomhandle Mauser pistol. Just as how I don't think they are equipped to manufacture "Chiang Kai Shek" Mauser rifles anymore.
As much as I'd love to have a (relatively) low cost restricted length Mauser pistol in a popular caliber......