Broom Handle Mauser

CJohnson · Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2010 Posts: 1

Broom Handle Mauser

**Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:10 pm

TRAP55

Chad, you'll have to reload your pics, and MTC will be along to help you out on the process and laws.

**Posted:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:26 am

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MTC · Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 2193 Location: SoCal

I cannot see the photos but since the thread is now here I have to figure that the pistol is registered. These pistols ran in their own separate serial number series totally independent from the other Broom Handles and going up to #100,000. Your pistol is in the earlier part of the range but nor so early that it will make much differnce. You can do a few different things with it. The first and by far the easiest is to simply sell it to what is commonly called a Class 3 firearms dealer. He can walk you through the transfer and since he is a dealer the process is much shorter. The only downside is that he will be looking to buy the pistol for resale so you won't get quite a much money from him. These pistols are Curio and Relics so they can also be sold directly to a buyer who holds a C&R FFL and lives in a state where machine guns are legal. He will have to wade through a pile of paperwork with the BATFE and it might take four or five months for it to be approved. You don't ahve to do anything except wait for the BATFE to notify you that the transfer has been approved, get a copy of the buyers C&R FFL and then ship it to him. You will very likely get more money with the collector sale than the dealer but you'll have to wait much longer for the transfer to be approved. In either case you don't have to do a thing except wait for teh BATFE to notify you that the new buyer has been approved. For you it is easy. In nice shape $6000 to $7000 would be a reasonable estimate of value and if you have the original shoulder stock that adds another thousand easily. If it is extremely nice then the sky is the limit to value.

I am not an expert in Model 712 pistols, they are a very specialized area and I urge you to seek out an appraisal from someone who understands all of the details of these pistols.