QUOTE (Sengir @ Jun 21 2010, 09:28 AM) *
You know, I would have been totally disappointed with this forum if nobody had contested that seemingly simple point within half an hour grinbig.gif
Although I expected something along the lines of some obscure prototype pistol made in a garage workshop in the back of the beyond, which actually is loaded with a stripper clip wink.gif


Mauser C96, commonly called the broom-handle Mauser. It originally came with a fixed internal magazine loaded by stripper clips. smile.gif

Here is a good photo, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mauser_C96_M1916_Red_4.JPG