Type 17 Pistol

[TheWharGoul]

Anyone know if any of these made it into Canada? Either original or later reproductions made for the US market?

Ive never seen or heard of one in Canada but I figured someone would know!

 

[american lockpicker]

Is that the Chinese Mauser clone in .45 that was sold in the back of Guns&Ammo 5-10 years ago?

 

[Kc.338Lp]

I would check with marstar , i vaguely remember seeing something that looked like these on their site a while ago . but i dont know if they were originals.

 

[TheWharGoul]

Nah, nothing on marstar, or at least nothing any more. He has a few C96's in 7.63mauser but this is a Chinese copy in 45ACP.

Now, they were originally produced at the end of China's warlord era by Yan Xishan who equipped his army with copies of the Thompson as well as the C96 in 7.63Mauser. Being the logistical problem of having two types of pistol ammunition, they produced a copy of the C96 in 45ACP with a larger frame that loaded from 5rd stripperclips instead of 10rd. Most were destroyed after Mao took power but some were exported... Most you see now are copies made in the 80's for the US market before the US-Chinese import ban. Id be interested in either but I would assume the 80's copy would be more viable.