![]() ![]() Mauser patented the design under his name. Approximately a year later, some of the first prototypes were created. Truth be told, the Feederle brothers had just about finished the design before Mauser jumped on board so his input was minimal. Realizing the potential market for semi-auto pistols, Mauser called the Feederle brothers back in and took a personal interest in the new design. In 1893/94 Paul Mauser was starting to see his competitors start to release semi-auto pistols (Bordchardt, Bergmann, Mannlicher, etc). So every week the Feederle brothers would get together and work on this project all the while keeping Paul Mauser informed of its progress. So Mauser told Fidel to take the project home and work on it in his free time. Paul Mauser, owner of the Mauser company was not thrilled to find out one of his weapons designers was working on a personal project while at work. Fidel began working on what would become the C96 in the Mauser workshop. Fidel was a higher up in the “experimental workshop” at Mauser. The C96 was originally designed by three brothers (Fidel, Friedrich, and Josef Feederle). ![]() If you are interested in more about the multiple variants, I suggest that book. There are approximately 65 variants of C96 pistols/carbines in the book “System Mauser” by John W.
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