American Shooting Journal – August 2019

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I

asked Eugene

Golubtsov to show

American Shooting Journal

readers how to take the

M96 Mauser Military

Pistol apart and put it back

together again because I have never

seen anyone do it as fast and easily as he does.

I have seen some of the best army ordnance

men in America and England have a terribly

hard time doing this with their own M96s,

so I know how important this information is.

Eugene not only repairs these pistols, but he

is one of the few people in the world who can

restore one back to factory-new condition.

He knows this gun as well or better than any

man alive today.

FOREWORD BY JIM DICKSON

PHOTOS BY EUGENE GOLUBTSOV

HOW TO TAKE THE

M96 MAUSER PISTOL

APART AND PUT IT

BACK TOGETHER

Step-by-step instructions from handgun expert Eugene Golubtsov.

Eugene Golubtsov may be better known as “Lugerman”

for his dedication to the M1907 U.S. Army Test Trials Luger

(American Shooting Journal, October 2018), but he’s also a

whiz at stripping down the M96 Mauser Military Pistol and

putting it back together again, says author Jim Dickson. Tools

for the job include a brass hammer, round head pin, hook

tool and flat head screwdriver.