FN re-enters the P-35 game

[gato naranja]

...just for a range toy, which is all a C96 would really be on the modern market.

I am curmudgeon enough to think that there is no weapon of the past so flawed or cumbersome that it wouldn't have a group of advocates insisting that it still has practical application. Somewhere, a Broomhandle aficionado will see this, pump their fist and exclaim, "Yes-s-s-s-s!!!"

(Says a guy who were it not for pesky fees and meddling restrictions, would have a BAR in his safe.)

[MandoWookie]

(Says a guy who were it not for pesky fees and meddling restrictions, would have a BAR in his safe.)

So say we all. ( Original 1918 or FN Model D for me)

[MistWolf]

So say we all. ( Original 1918 or FN Model D for me)

Sayla.Whatever model my father carried in the Marine Corps

[Jim Watson]

Or someone to make a decent .22 replica, just for a range toy, which is all a C96 would really be on the modern market.

There was a weird little .22 "broom handle" built on the AR7 action. Just doesn't have the panache, though.

[MattyD380]

I am curmudgeon enough to think that there is no weapon of the past so flawed or cumbersome that it wouldn't have a group of advocates insisting that it still has practical application. Somewhere, a Broomhandle aficionado will see this, pump their fist and exclaim, "Yes-s-s-s-s!!!"

(Says a guy who were it not for pesky fees and meddling restrictions, would have a BAR in his safe.)

[Pump] Yes!

Ways in which a C96 would still be "relevant": It's already kind of PCCish; you could attach a stock; you could chamber it in 7.63 Mauser and (probably) the Tokarev round... maybe even 10MM?!

A modernized C96 in 10mm? That would be dope. Also, I wonder if you'd be able to cram revolver calibers in that thing? That would be... fascinating.

Damn. I was just kinda being silly, but this actually sounds cool.

[JonInWA]

[Pump] Yes!

Ways in which a C96 would still be "relevant": It's already kind of PCCish; you could attach a stock; you could chamber it in 7.63 Mauser and (probably) the Tokarev round... maybe even 10MM?!

A modernized C96 in 10mm? That would be dope. Also, I wonder if you'd be able to cram revolver calibers in that thing? That would be... fascinating.

Damn. I was just kinda being silly, but this actually sounds cool.

Except my understanding is that the disassembly/reassembly, particularly a detailed one, is kinda up there with a Pre-Mark IV Ruger .22 auto....I seem to recall thaqt there is one specific component that you can easily install incorectly that mandated an immediate trip to a gunsmith to correct...

Best, Jon

[Elwin]

Except my understanding is that the disassembly/reassembly, particularly a detailed one, is kinda up there with a Pre-Mark IV Ruger .22 auto....I seem to recall thaqt there is one specific component that you can easily install incorectly that mandated an immediate trip to a gunsmith to correct...

Best, Jon

Is it one that causes the gun to fire when taken off safe? Because that happened to me when I shot one. Instant Rules 2 and 4 reinforcement.

[Lex Luthier]

C96s...

The .30 Mauser variants also tend to eventually crack the frame in a way that makes welding it up difficult and expensive. Now, if you unintentionally chamber .30 Tokarev, that cracking can occur quite a bit more rapidly.

[MattyD380]

I mean…



Those guns were made 120 years ago. In this theoretical, metaphysical, gun-hipster-led universe where this could actually happen… H&K would fix all that. With a reinforced frame design, improved lock work, and detachable box magazine instead of a stripper clip.

And... they could take a page from FN's playbook and make a super-subtle change to the original name of the gun that they basically redesigned:

The C96 BOOMhandle.

[Tokarev]

John from ASP talks about a couple new handguns.

FNHP starts at about five minutes:



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