Steyr-Hahn Model 1912 pistol converted to full auto

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You would think that the German MP18 submachine gun or the Colt 1921 Thompson would have brought an end to the full auto pistol or "machine pistols',
but there was a big market in China during the 1920's for these full auto pistols. Spain developed the first of the "broomhandle" full auto pistols with
Mauser following in 1932. It has been estimated that Spain imported over 300,000 of these pistols to China alone and there was still a market in
South America too. These pistols cost less than a submachine gun

A lot of that had to do with trade restrictions. In the 20s and 30s they wouldn't let China buy military arms (i.e. rifles. SMGs, etc.) and so instead they bought a lot of pistols like the C96 and Astras which didn't have restrictions on them. In the 20s or 30s I wouldn't feel undergunned with a C96 with shoulder stock by any means. They were basically a semi-auto carbine with a relatively long range pistol cartridge that was fairly fast (for the time) to reload.