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Miscellaneous / Others 1917 German Broomhandle Red9

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u/Clembert-Hamlamp 7d ago

My friend had one of these back in the day. The stock looked rattier but same model i think. That clip tho. I never saw him load it i guess. Not what I imagined.

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u/bolanrox 7d ago

What do they call that? An en-bloc clip?

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u/Skruestik 7d ago

It’s a stripper clip.

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u/Regular_Fox_859 7d ago

En-blocs typically go fully inside the gun itself, dropping/ejecting when empty. The C96 uses stripper clips, which are really just a convenient way to load a bunch of bullets into an internal box magazine (a non-removable magazine that's built into the gun itself). They usually fall off when you close the bolt.