If Wario is an evil cousin of Mario, then Wauser is an evil cousin of Mauser?

@niklas4813

7 жыл бұрын

poMocnyMichal Sounds about right

@Menaceblue3

7 жыл бұрын

+poMocnyMichal oh my god...

@quirkyusername1093

6 жыл бұрын

poMocnyMichal holy shit!

@tadhgburk3618

5 жыл бұрын

Then what is the po8?

@CS_Mango

5 жыл бұрын

@@tadhgburk3618 it's the q08

I gotta give the poor Chinese stamp guy an A+ for bravery though.

@mossbergmaniac1947

7 жыл бұрын

AlfaPegasii I'm sure I'd do a worse job at faking Chinese characters than they did doing English text.

@AlfaPegasii

7 жыл бұрын

Elizeheimer Francenweiser Yeah I wonder what our version of Nambu markings would look like?

@ToastytheG

7 жыл бұрын

Jerry Long Window panes

@absboodoo

7 жыл бұрын

Just look at those "Asian" characters tattoos that make no sense what so ever, and you get the picture.

@crossbow1203

7 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure it was all stamped. The "S" is backwards and even if the stamp was rotated upside down it would still be correct. Think at least part of the letters were hand engraved.

The name of this pistol. *Glorious.*

@rlbadger1698

7 жыл бұрын

Inspector Gadget would be proud.

@WildBillCox13

7 жыл бұрын

So that's how he spells "Wowsers"? It makes sense . . . Google translate gets it wrong-not a big deal phonetically.

@aman-hl9re

5 жыл бұрын

Owo wowser~

@giakendon2268

5 жыл бұрын

Let me introduce its Chinese nickname : 王八盒子

@RemiliaScarletsRifleman

4 жыл бұрын

098765 Craper 王八 also mean a turtle , but also used as a swearing word , usually when you want to humiliate someone , yeah you got it right , but not all meaning

A yes, a Wauser B69 "Stovepipe." I have one in my safe. Shoots great... When it doesn't explode.

@Zeke_YeagerChad

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@ericlai1659

4 жыл бұрын

@@Zeke_YeagerChad cause it made by KMT instead of CCP 😂

@BrandyJay-lg4tq

3 жыл бұрын

I have a Wauser C89 Rifle its a great gun

@Ass_of_Amalek

2 жыл бұрын

B69? nice

Wowser, it's not a Mauser.

@DeltaOps3

7 жыл бұрын

WoobooRidesAgain how long did it take you to come up with that one lmao

@countersphere2924

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

fun fact, Chinese called pistols "boxy" during WWII, for example, this Wauser, and other Mauser gun that with a clear surface above the magazine were known as "Mirror Boxy", and for the infamous Japanese Nambu 14, Chinese called it "Bastard boxy" or "ASSHOLE BOXY"

@Digitaaliklosetti

Жыл бұрын

Boxy as in they used the Chinese word for being like a box, or a Chinese word that sounds like "boxy"?

@erichuang8121

Жыл бұрын

@@Digitaaliklosetti For being like a box. Correct traslation should be "box cannon" or "box gun".

@exe-sh2zv

Жыл бұрын

nambu being called王八is not because it is an asshole or bastard but because王八means turtle in some regional slang and the cocking knob resembles a turtles neck

@andrewz8135

Жыл бұрын

@@Digitaaliklosetti the gun usually came with a wooden case that can be attached as a stock. in Chinese case and box could be the same word, hence the 'boxy gun'

@sadas3190

7 ай бұрын

@@exe-sh2zv like most nicknames in Chinese, double meaning galore. 王八 in this context absolutely has an slur angle to it.

I have a feeling that if I was commissioned to produce stamped lettering in Mandarin, I fear I would not have a better end result than this...

An *S* rotated by 180° is still an *S* ...so, how did they manage to print that mirrored thing?

@Olivier-C

7 жыл бұрын

My theory is that they tried to make a S from a 8. And failed.

@afivey

7 жыл бұрын

If I had to guess, whoever made the imitation letters for the official Mauser stamp the knockoff guys couldn't have had did not think to mirror and the letters. So when you look at the stamps before they're used, they look perfect, but only realise the problem after they've been struck. So, with the M, A, and U there was no visible problem, but the come the "S" it's not horizontally symmetrical. I figure they gave it a test strike, realised the mistake, looked at it, shrugged said "close enough" and corrected the mistake before starting on the the E and R. (Though I don't know why a Chinese metal worker would be working from left to right, I'd thought traditionally writing in China read right to left?) As for "the upside down M" / W, I suspect that's evidence of inattention to detail from being the whole thing being a rush job, considering the visible milling and minimal finishing.

@jonathonmackay6811

7 жыл бұрын

They may have also made the stamps they were using.

@ISemiI

7 жыл бұрын

The Cyrillic character for a lowercase "g", when handwritten, looks similar to a reversed S if I'm remembering correctly. I'm not even sure if stamps for handwritten Cyrillic characters would even exist though, heh.

@dennydaydreamer

4 жыл бұрын

Mirroring is not the same as rotation.

"Mechanically functions; however, we wish to remind the bidder that the pistol is sold with no guarantee of shoot ability, and that firing a Chinese copy pistol is an exercise for the brave, the foolish, and those hiding behind a pile of sandbags with the frame clamped to the bench and a remote line on the trigger."

@blobfish-ck4nc

3 жыл бұрын

Bro that’s from the website, bitch!

@camhedmr_5593

3 жыл бұрын

And somebody probably used it to fight against multiple Arisaka rifle-wielding soldiers at some point over 70 years ago.

@williamflowers9435

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully Ian will be that brave, foolish man hiding behind a pile of sandbags after the last stretch goal is met!!! 🇹🇼

What a rare piece. You don't often come across an authentic Wauser from the Waffenfbeiknmaser Obncefreskenfkr

The RockIsland page has the following (which makes me suspect Ian wrote it)... "...firing a Chinese copy pistol is an exercise for the brave, the foolish, and those hiding behind a pile of sandbags with the frame clamped to the bench and a remote line on the trigger." : )

@ForgottenWeapons

7 жыл бұрын

Nope, I had no part in writing that description. :)

something "Ian Solo" would shoot. The capitalized I that looks like a rotated H.

@bluecaptainIT

4 жыл бұрын

Ehm... In Italy, Han was known as Ian, actually. Leia is Leila R2-D2 is C1-P8 C3PO is D3PO And besides the translation team never translating Star Destroyer consistently, that's it. I admit that changing Death Star to "Black Death" is actually pretty good.

Ah, yes, Waffenfbeiknmaser Obncefreskenfkr. "The Gun Mecca" as they say

@ZGryphon

7 жыл бұрын

In addition to these fine pistols, that's where they make the immortal Mauser FABRIQUEHERSTALHERSTALBELGIQUEBELGIQUE FABRIQUE Model FABRIQUE 534545.

@aleramone23

7 жыл бұрын

lmao

@KebeQ

6 жыл бұрын

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@dj1NM3

3 жыл бұрын

It's really not that bad, when you consider that the maker might not have even been able to sound out the letters from the markings of a real Mauser C96. A bit like a person only fluent in reading English (or other European language with Roman letters) trying to copy Chinese caligraphy. From a distance, it gives the overall impression of the real markings, but just falls apart on actual close inspection.

@liammeech3702

2 жыл бұрын

Started off right, but gave up halfway through, hoping a hapless chinese gangster wouldn't be able to tell the difference...

Got to love Ian’s respect for who built the pistol.

haha holy crap the lettering is like something you'd see in spongebob

@xmm-cf5eg

6 жыл бұрын

"Did you try switching it to B for Blamo...?"

@nicholaspatton5590

4 жыл бұрын

Not W for Wumbo?

@sethlangston181

3 жыл бұрын

I hereby classify this the Wumbo .45

A Mao-ser!

@dache.henrylee

7 жыл бұрын

1fanger the communist use tt33 more than c96

@browndd

7 жыл бұрын

hahaha. Very clever. But not quite the right time period.

@SgtKOnyx

7 жыл бұрын

1fanger ugh

@Rensune

7 жыл бұрын

The C96s were used Against Mao...

@cheeki5280

7 жыл бұрын

A MEI-ZING!

"Wauser" Even back then, Engrish was a thing

@MichaelBerthelsen

7 жыл бұрын

PurpleStorm8 You mean Germese?

@mrkeogh

7 жыл бұрын

PurpleStorm8 I thought it was "Engrish", thank you please.

@MichaelBerthelsen

7 жыл бұрын

Mark Keogh Mauser is German, though...

@hjorturerlend

7 жыл бұрын

That is speaking English with a Japanese accent, not a Chinese one.

@SynthLizard8

7 жыл бұрын

Mark Keogh Oh yea, thanks, I couldn't think of the correct term precisely.

As a Chinese I must point out that most Chinese people at that time could not even write more than 10 Chinese characters,so we shouldn't expect a gunsmith could read English or German.A gun meant a lot more than a firearm during the time of the warlords,and it didn't matter if it was accurate or could even fire at all.Because with a gun you could rally a band of man and became a tiny warlord yourself,which means guns were the source of power.

@TubeRadiosRule

3 жыл бұрын

As Chairman Mao said, "Political power grows from the muzzle of a gun".

@Ass_of_Amalek

2 жыл бұрын

the effort that was put into imitating the look of proper guns is also a good indicator of their importance as status symbols. I don't think that's normal for improvised gun production in most other places at most other times. you could with a lot less effort make simplified guns that just have a round tube for a barrel with no sights and no attempt to look like any proper gun, but if you carried a gun like that, you would look to anybody like some farm boy who bought the cheapest amateurishly produced gun around, whereas a wauser would make you look a lot more like a soldier, and it would go much better with a uniform.

Snake: You held it sideways, and used the muzzle jump to create a horizontal sweep; that was impressive.

5:08 Don't spit on the guns Ian, behave yourself...

@SuperAWaC

7 жыл бұрын

he can't help but drool a little when he sees obscure guns

@irwintorres220

7 жыл бұрын

Joakim Larsson That is funny. I didn't notice the spit the first time I watched.

@griffn14

7 жыл бұрын

It has probably increased in value though, since it had been spat on by The Gun Jesus himself. XD

Chinese inventions, so original. Why did Mauser keep copying them?

@Mrdudeman

7 жыл бұрын

Mister To be fair, the Chinese did invent the compass, gunpowder and paper.

@ToastyMozart

7 жыл бұрын

Mrdudeman And silk.

@fotoschopro1230

7 жыл бұрын

Garith Jones Are you fucking stupid? We invented the fucking computer...

@sethmoyer

7 жыл бұрын

FotoschoPro, he was being sarcastic. Since Germans are well known for their sense of humor, I thought you would know that.

@fotoschopro1230

7 жыл бұрын

...

This is the best name ever. Of all time.

If Inspector Gadget would ever carry a firearm, Wauser would be his choice.

"Wowswer Wowser Mr. Mauser !" Scene from Police Academy

If I join your Patreon (and InRange's too) can you have Carl shout "WABNKMSNKNR WAWKSER BNASRNKAWNR!" in his best German accent? The world needs to see that.

@spamreciever4208

5 жыл бұрын

@@gideonschwalbe It's definitely pronounceable, Tf is akonsonant or englig tho?

@spamreciever4208

5 жыл бұрын

@@gideonschwalbe kommst du aus Deutschland? Funnily enough, English has consonants too.

Gotta love the Shanxi Variants. Fun Fact: Sideways "Gangster" Style was developed specifically For these pistols, ironically used mainly against Chinese Bandits.

I find these Chinese knock off pistols fascinating.

Who knew fucking up brand names on Chinese fakes was actually a time-honored tradition?

2:04 Looks like the same font on Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen's grave. Did you know that he was #1?

The finish on the grip and much of the metal looks pretty good. I'm sure that if whoever made this had access to the right tools and steel they'd have been able to turn out some excellent work.

Just taking a look at it, I think that thing might actually work rather decently. It actually seems a bit smaller then a real Mauser. You are very correct. This was done with hand tools and it looks like a drill press made into a mill...something I have done before myself, ha. This shows a great level of craftsmanship with such limited tools. If I ever made a working pistol like this, I would be very proud of my work. Sure it is not a Mauser, sure it is not perfectly finished, but it works, and it was made with a drill, some files. and a lot of time.

One of the hardest working guys on KZread. Puts videos out faster than I can watch em.

Hey Ian, that's a nice Wauser. And I see it's the WA8NKM8NKNRWAW2IR8NA8RNKAWWR model as well. Very rare piece.

@Sheehy223

7 жыл бұрын

Hahaha... And there's just a letter "K" stamped into the middle of the hammer for no reason. I wonder if that was their quality control.

@Foxrich99

7 жыл бұрын

#china

Back in the late 80's there was an outfit in Shotgun News that was selling sort of scrap grade BOLO Mauser Broomhandles. I picked up a lot of 3, if I recall it was like 40 bucks plus shipping for the lot. I figured I could probably come up with one good one out of the lot, and I sort of did. Now don't get me wrong, I would never have fired one of them as the springs were bad, there was virtually no rifling left in the barrels and no stocks on any of them. I did polish up the best frame and the rest of the best of the lot, I had to take apart a couple of magazines to get one that worked, sort of, and hand carved a set of grips for it, it actually came out looking fairly good. I was doing the gun show circuits back then and took the two that looked like full guns, (one was complete, the other missing a magazine spring) and the spare parts. Man it was wild at my table for about an hour until the biding offers sort of leveled off, I ended up with a bit over 500 bucks out of the three, not to bad but I did put a hell of a lot of work getting the pits and such out of the guns, when I got them there was rust and even straw embedded in the frames. My buddy was still working with K&P Rifle Barrels and we both did night work on their machines to build our stuff, as well as use their bluing tanks to refinish guns, so I blued the guns using the traditional hot bath bluing so they did come out fairly well. Now I sort of wish I had kept the good one myself, but I did invest the money in some other guns that I was drooling over at the time. There is a long list of guns I wish I had kept, that one was about number 3 I think under my S&W 25-5 in a presentation box, and my Luger with holster, magazines and cleaning kit. Oh well life goes on and we live and learn.

Never though that one of your videos will make me laugh so hard. Those markings are just amazing. :D

I think it is time to make a new playlist on your chanel, for shmausers, wausers and other chinese shi... stuff.

@ForgottenWeapons

7 жыл бұрын

You are probably right...

@HeartDigger9

7 жыл бұрын

Forgotten Weapons yea

@HeyHatto

7 жыл бұрын

Alldoc Vaal IST ALL JUST CHEAPLY MADE DESIGNED BY DEUTSCHLAND. ZEY MAKE POOR QUALITY PRODUCTS OUT OF OUR ADVANCED ENGINEERING. ZAT IST DISGRACEFUL.

@alldocvaal3420

7 жыл бұрын

Что Ак-47, что эти пистолеты братьев коммунистов, отлично подходят чтоб стрелять в капиталистических свиней!

@Not-Just-Cars

6 жыл бұрын

Do not make fun of the Chinese. They are the grandfathers of the gun. Ian you should actually do some reviews for ancient Chinese firearms during the 10th century

loves the vids thanks for all the info u provide on the guns and not just trying to sell them

Legend says if one can speak all the words on mystery pistols in the correct order you shall gain immortality.

The markings on this thing are the best ones I've seen on a gun, ever.

It always amazes me how good of a job these replca makers did with the limited tools and experience they had.

Guy 1: Wow sir! You have a broomhandle! Ian: Yes it is, Chinese. Good eye. Guy 1: Huh?

"Wausers, Penny! With this we can finally put an end to Dr. Claw!"

Amazing workmanship for hand tools!

Does it operate like a Mauser? Or is it just pure aesthetics?

@ForgottenWeapons

7 жыл бұрын

It functions just like a Mauser.

This is probably my favorite Chinese Mystery Pistol because it shows JUST ENOUGH familiarity with C96s to know approximately what they say, but likely a very poor understanding of the English language. The "waffenfabrik..." stamp is surprisingly close if you look at it, it just.. isn't the right letters in the right spot. I especially love the "Obncefreskenfkr" because it really is almost close to "Oberndorf a neckar." It's definitely close enough to be damn good at fooling people when they don't speak the language or even use the same writing system.

Wauser, best kind of Mauser. :P

How did i not know that they produced the real c96 in Oberndorf? I live like an hour or so from there at the Neckar. Awesome!

Since Qing Dynasty, German military advisors were pretty common serving in China. Mauser actually authorized factories in China to make their fire arms. Chinese military had access to German Arms should not be a surprise. Beiyang Rifle and Chiang Kai Shek Rifles were not as good quality of the originals, but still quite lethal, just ask the Japanese Imperial Army. In battle of Shanghai, Chinese Chiang Kai Shek rifles had longer range than Japanese Arisaka rifles. Chinese snipers were very good at picking off Japanese soldiers. Often they’d be pinned down and couldn’t return fire due the the Chinese small arm superiority. As war went on more factories were making the German small arms, and the quality really slid. The original Chinese made Mausers were still quite deadly.

EVA's favourite choice of weapon.

@Chef-Excellence

7 жыл бұрын

The one used by EVA is a Shanxi Type 17, which is chambered in .45 ACP. If you're interested, more information on it can be found here: jamesdjulia.com/item/lot-1077-scarce-shanxi-type-17-broomhandle-semi-auto-pistol-41269/

@TheIshikawaRin

7 жыл бұрын

Chef Excellence An Excellent Rebuttal. I mainly made the reference because it's a Chinese C96 but thanks for the correction anyway.

@crispyandspicy6813

7 жыл бұрын

Whether it is toy guns or actual guns, chinese tat will forever be tat.

@daisa1506

4 жыл бұрын

Not just that, a weapon that can be bought by Leon.

Me:Mom can I get a GERMAN c96 Mom: no honey, but you can get the Chinese version Me: but it’s not the same Mom: but it’s ChEApEr

@thesturm8686

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, a twist to the classic take

Ian I love these reviews you make they're great and informative but it absolutely kills me when u don't rack the slide of whatever you're reviewing idk if that's just me or if it bothers anyone else but other than that great vids i don't even know if you'll see this.

I love this gun, thanks for your video!

The "Universal Safety" on the M1930 C96 did in fact have the safety marked with an F & S in an identical manner to the gun shown here.

The sights on this one are just as good as the one I picked up off a Raider in the DC Ruins. O.o

RIA's description for the gun is pretty funny

wow sir, that Mauser knockoff named Wauser is a real wowser. Now sir, I have to ask you how sir you got that Wauser.

I love it. And if you have parts break you can just swap them out from another Wauser. Precision made. You do gotta hand it to them. They did a better job than anyone i know could do. I'd fire it. What could possibly go wrong?

An “Authentic” Wauser, huh 🤔 Cant wait for the new book!!!

This is impressive for being done with hand tools however I'd still like to see the horror on a Mauser factory inspector's face if he found this in a batch

@Jesses001

7 жыл бұрын

Haha, that would be hilarious. I have been in quality for different industries for many years, and I have had a few, what the hell is this moments, but this would put all of those to shame. Impressive work for hand tools in a Chinese hut, garbage for the Mauser factory.

now here is a question if you bought this and on the atf forms what would it be labeled as a Mauser or a wauser? also would it be a c&r? if it had the wooden stock handle orginal to the wauser is it sbr or not .seems like a paper nightmare let alone to shoot.thanks for the showing of neat weapons as always

at one point in time I was a collector of C96 Mausers ,and I have looked at a lot of them ,I've been amazed and amused at the quality of Chinese C96 pistols .some I've seen had machine work nearly as good as a German mauser ,but not many, for the most part quality went from bad to worse, the one thing I never found out was how many companys in China made them.

I love how "expressionist" the side markings are! It's straight out of Dr. Caligari, if it contained gunfights, and close ups on pistols!

I am actually really curious how the machining was done by hand. I didn't know something like that could be done by hand (even if very poorly)

@johnmcclain3887

Жыл бұрын

I opened my first "machine shop service" in the mid eighties with an 8 in "Craftsman" drill press from the fifties, using a cross slide table to do milling on, and produced this quality of work for small jobs for the plumber my wife worked for. It was a decade before I had a tabletop mill, with a power feed. The "cross slide vise" I used was made in China with similar quality to this pistol.

so does this one actually function properly as a mauser is supposed to or is it based on another action

you not only an expert of gun but also an expert of history

This is the gun I always wanted to except that they did make some 45 ACP versions so imagine a 45 ACP 20 round magazine Wauser Schnellfeuer version...

Ian, is it well made enough to fire safely? Unlike some of your other "Chinese mystery pistols".

Every time you pull the trigger it sounds like a box of woks thrown down a flight of stairs

Hey Ian. When did it dawn on you that you were an expert firearm historian?

@ForgottenWeapons

7 жыл бұрын

I would still reject that title today.

@SuperAWaC

7 жыл бұрын

Modest.

@Vaasref

7 жыл бұрын

How about "firearm historian" then ?

@daffyduck9562

7 жыл бұрын

True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. And Ian thinks only of guns now, truly the most humble person.

@Dick_Gozinya

7 жыл бұрын

I reject your rejection of that title, Ian. :)

Great video Ian! But does it work? Sadly I can not buy it.

I was hoping he'd actually function the gun so we could see how well it worked.

Its amazing in and of itself they decided to copy probably the most complicated handgun of that time knowing their primitive workshops, capabilities and equipment they had to do it.

My question is - as it's made by hand how dangerous it it to shoot the Luger cartridge? As in was the handmade barrel up to the job?

Interesting. Ive seen this gun in gangster and martial arts movies that are set around that time. I always assumed that, since it was usually a rich guy, that he just had it imported. The Mauser was a damn good pistol, and I'm sure 1911's where not only next to impossible to acquire but impossible for them to make. Now I see this "Wauser" and now everytime I see this pistol i'll have to look extra close to see if its a true Mauser.

Does this have a rifled barrel? I just wondered if they went to that length or not?

Basically, back in the day when that pistol was "manufactured"(technically more like "crafted" by a local workshop blacksmith because of so many hand-made components), China was what we'd referred to as a "failed state" - warlords who control major cities have better industrial base to make better copies of weapons with proper factories, while warlords (essentially bandit chiefs in most cases) resorted to such stuff for their "rank and file", captains and above "procure" proper samples from outside their power base.

would be nice to see a comparison to the original, many people can surely identify a broomhandle but the details are hard to appreciate

hey ian could you tell me what the red 9 was, like i know it was a c96 9mm but was there a gun just known as the red 9 and the name just cough on or what .

@ForgottenWeapons

7 жыл бұрын

The German Army put grips with big red "9"s on their 9mm C96 pistols, so people could distinguish them from the 7.63mm guns easily. Same thing happened with 30-06 rifles in British service during WWII getting paint stripes.

@hadenmontgomery5888

7 жыл бұрын

Interesting thank you sir

Ages ago a local gun magazine did a story on a copy of either the Lahti pistol or the Luger that a soldier managed to build from scratch, in the field and using hand tools, during the Continuation War. I think the only part he didn't make himself was the magazine. Anyway, it looked really well made, compared to this gun.

Hey, Ian, have you ever ran into one of these mystery pistols, or really, any 'home-made' firearm where you were surprised by the quality and craftsmanship of the amateur gunsmith? In other words, have you ever looked at a piece and been impressed by skill or talent the person put into it, even if it didn't meet factory standards? EDIT: You just essentially answered my question.lol

I remember walking the flea markets in the 1990s, marvelling at the knockoff Pawasonic, Sonj, Abibas, Pumo, Cannon or Conan etc fare..

I recently got the wauser tee shirt, and have had several complements on it

that pistol is worth its weight in welding rods. so weird and interesting haha. were welding marks a sign of quality in other industries there.

i find it funy how guys with hand tools can copy a c96 better than modern gunsmiths.

I would love to see how some of these copies actually fire..... from a distance.... triggered by lanyard..... from behind something strong.

What I want to know is if it would be safe to shoot lol

I saw a photo in early 1950s, in the border town between British crown colony Hong Kong and "Lawou" (the border town). A tall English police officer talking to a Chinese communist border guard, the guard has a Mauser pistol wrapped under his leather belt, obviously he has no pistol holster! Probably that pistol was a captured from Nationalist army! Back at that time 1950, then Chinese communist army has a mixed variety of weapons including the commonly used Mauser pistol. This weapon has been in actions in China for half a century since 1900s until mid 1950s! Not until 1954 after the end of Korean war, China received huge amounts of Soviet weapons and later all weapons were standardized in Soviet configurations! The Torkarev TT33 replaced all these Mauser!

hey at least they managed to mostly get the letters kinda sorta right, way better than I’d expect for someone who probably didn’t understand Roman letters

I can't wait for your full book on these and other stuff the Chinese used in Warlord-Era China. It isn't a fake if it played a part in history.

I notice a lot of welding marks on the gun as well.

check your Unicode chat, there is a reverse 's' character, that you could have used

They sure had fun with the W's A's N's K's E's and R's.

If I could make one by hand in my garage, I'd be proud. Of all the odd things on this type, I'm still a bit dumbfounded as to the absence of usable sights on so many of them. Why the sights? They had other firearms in country and surely they must have known the basics of firing them. No?

Not taking it apart? (Would that thing disintegrate if you did or weren't you allowed to fiddle with it?)

I know you say most of the hand made pistols are not safe to fire but are they really that dangerous ? would you please do a video firing one or more of them with a vice and a string or some other safe method? thank you. ........maybe breach block 303 with 20grains of Varget then 30 grains and so on.

Anyone else notice he dropped some liquid on the gun at 5:10 whether that was spit or sweat or some other form I don't know

Han Solo's blaster in Star Wars is essentially one of these ("inspired" by a Mauser)

Thanks for posting it.Interestingly, Chinese soldiers used a flat shooting action to simply solve the problem of jumping on the muzzle and use it to shoot. In the anti-Japanese film "Plain Guerrilla", Li Xiangyang carried two Mauser C96s, one for precision shooting and the other for leveling the crosshairs (for easy gunbing) at the waist. In the guerrilla warfare of serious shortage of heavy weapons, this kind of gun became a handy weapon for the anti-Japanese guerrillas.

Wowzers! That's a horrific broomhandle!