22-01-16, 22:42
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carrier mech
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
Posts: 7,594
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From the interweb:
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The DL-44 design comes from the German C96 "Broomhandle" Mauser pistol, an early semi-automatic handgun with a 10 round internal magazine and it was available in 9mm Parabellum or 30 Luger. Well known variants include the "Red-9" which was chambered in 9mm Parabellum and had a red number 9 branded into the grip so that users would not load the incorrect caliber, or the M712 Schnellfeuer variant, which was capable of select-fire and had a 20 round detachable magazine, it was chambered in 30 Luger.
The air conditioning vent on the front of the magazine came from a model airplane and the large flash hider came from the german MG81 machine gun from a fighter plane. The scope is the Hensoldt Wetzlar Ziel Dialyt 3x scope which was often seen on german sniper rifles such as the famous K98. Due to the size of the flash hider, the iron sights were not useable.
Only 4 live C96 Mauser pistols have been remade to imitate the DL-44. Youtube firearm afficianado Jerry Miculek released a video using one of these real DL-44s on the 14th December 2015 with a guest appearence from a live E-11 towards the end of the video
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