Possible Rong family DEWATTABLE 12.3 class Mauser Schellfeuer M712 "Box cannon"
- Category
- Firearms Rifles
- Classification
- Prohibited
- Action
- Semi-automatic
- Condition
- Very Good
- Manufacturer
- Mauser
- Caliber
- 7.63x25
- Model
- M1932 Schellfeuer A.K.A M713
- Sight
- Tangent
- Capacity
- 20
- Hand
- Right Handed or Ambidextrous
If you have a Class 12.3 licence (for converted autos) then you can legally acquire and own this museum quality firearm. The Mauser Schellfeuer was produced in the early thirties and was the final evolution of the Mauser C96. It featured an available detachable stock (not included here) with a detectable magazine system (allowing for 10 and 20 round mags) and the gun was selective fire.
The original 20 round mags can be legally owned in Canada (unmodified) because they are exempted from the relevant mag restriction rules
The gun can be registered because it isn't considered it be a handgun - but, as noted you'll need to be grandfathered as a Class 12.3 licence holder (a 12.3 licence is a licence no longer available, to new applicants). If you don't have that licence, dewatting is an option.
Some of these guns were issued and used by Waffen SS but many more went to China, where the were revered as the "box cannon". You will also find these guns called the Model of 1932 or the M32.
This unit is very good and has a very good 7.63x25 bore. This gun has 3 Chinese characters which directly translate "is German Made". The grip has been etched with Chinese character for the name the name "Rong".
It is known that "Rong Desheng (榮德生; 4 August 1875 – 29 July 1952), born Rong Zongquan (榮宗銓), was a prominent Chinese industrialist from Wuxi. He and his older brother Rong Zongjing established the Rong Family Corporation in Shanghai, which became the largest domestic company in the industries of cotton textile and flour in the Republic of China (1912–49). After Rong Zongjing's 1938 death during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Rong Desheng took over the business empire.
After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Rong Desheng was kidnapped twice by gangsters backed by corrupt Kuomintang government officials who tried to extort money from him. When the Kuomintang was defeated in the 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution, Rong Desheng decided to remain in mainland China and cooperate with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). "
I suppose that this pistol could be connected to that bit of history.
