As far as "no nation" issuing the C96, according to an article in the latest issue of "Man At Arms", Persia (Iran) purchased 1000 Mausers from Paul Mauser in 1912. I guess that's too late for our purposes. However, I know of at least one C96 "Large Hammer Ring" that was a private-purchase gun (from Von Lengerke & Detmold, NY, NY) carried in the Philipines by a Col. Earl Tanner. That gun dates from 1902, so I suppose, if the rules allowed, a M1895-'98 Krag would pair up with it. The Broomhandle is in 7.65 Mauser, not 9mm. Col. Tanner's son, the late Col. James E. Tanner, served with my father in the 42nd Infantry "Rainbow" Division in WWII, and the grandfather of my Dad's buddy served in the CW, having lost both feet to a canon ball at 2nd Bull Run. The 1st Tanner went to work as a clerk for the Ordnance Dept. in Washington, DC, after recovering from his wounds, and was called down from his room on the upper floor of the house across from Ford's Theater to a room on the lower floor. Because the senior Tanner could take shorthand, he was called upon to record events...in the room where President Lincoln lay dying! Everything history knows about the death scene is what the elder Tanner took down and later transcribed! After Lincoln died, and Sec'y of War Stanton said, "Now he belongs to the ages," a chaplain said a prayer. Unfortunately, Tanner's pencil broke at that point and he didn't have another! So he didn't record the prayer for posterity.
And, no, I haven't tried to shoot the Broomhandle...yet. Maybe someday...