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Problem with a Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"...
- Thread starter Teppo87
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- windsor,ontario
well im not going to shoot 7.62x25 surplus in one of the ones im eyeballing its a antique classed one maybe i'll have to work up a load till it just cycles the action
You got to be careful when it come to ammo regarding .30 Mauser, are you sure the ammo you bought at gun show are .30 Mauser? Don't forget 7.62X25Tokarev are dimensionally the same as .30 Mauser, some of those surplus Eastern Bloc countries ammo are load for sub-machine gun like PPSH and much hotter and should not be use in a 100 yrs old pistol.
Too bad for your mishap.
Roger on the above point. That Tokarev ammo can work but is generally loaded way to hot.
You have to be VERY careful with ammo of this general size. The Czech stuff is even hotter than the Soviet Tokarev loads; I fired less than 40 rounds of the Czech stuff through a new Hungarian Tok and had troubles popping their ugly little heads up.
ONLY way is to start very low (about Borchardt pressures) and work slowly upward until your gun cycles 100%..... then stay there.
I do know a man who is good enough to handle this job (he could fill TEETH with a Heliarc if he wanted to) but can't locate him these days. Complete bummer. I was thinking of companies such as Standard Aero Engine or Bristol Aerospace; they could do the job, but they are in Winnipeg.... and I have no idea where the gun might be.
But this level of technology and skill IS out there and it is fairly widely dispersed at this time. I think the biggest problem will be finding someone who is willing to try.
Good luck, friend.
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ONLY way is to start very low (about Borchardt pressures) and work slowly upward until your gun cycles 100%..... then stay there.
I do know a man who is good enough to handle this job (he could fill TEETH with a Heliarc if he wanted to) but can't locate him these days. Complete bummer. I was thinking of companies such as Standard Aero Engine or Bristol Aerospace; they could do the job, but they are in Winnipeg.... and I have no idea where the gun might be.
But this level of technology and skill IS out there and it is fairly widely dispersed at this time. I think the biggest problem will be finding someone who is willing to try.
Good luck, friend.
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