Was the Mauser C96 a full auto pistol?

[aarondhgraham]

For Christmas I got a book titled,,,
The World's Worst Weapons,,,
By Martin J. Dougherty.

Personally I don't think this book is very good at all,,,
The author simply took a variety of weapons,,,
And wrote a short paragraph about them.

Several things he wrote don't seem to jive with my experience,,,
And I believe that more than a few things he stated are simply incorrect

One thing he wrote:

The downfall of this weapon was it's capability to fire on full automatic.
Even the impractical 20-round magazine provided an inadequate ammunition supply,
and the six- and ten-round version were invariably empty before the user could begin to correct his aim.

I've handled several of these over my many years,,,
And while I'm certainly no expert on them,,,
I never saw one that was full auto.

Did I miss something?

Or is Mr. Dougherty in error?

Aarond

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