Shooting fun with a prewar small ring

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Alvin

So you are trying to understand why Mauser made certain design changes to the C96 over its 30+ years of production,by shooting a collectible pistol to possible destruction?

With all due respect,I do not believe this testing regime will yield any useful data,for the following reasons.

1-metal changes over time. That pistol is almost 100 years old. It has gone thru thousands of heating and cooling cycles.This causes the metal to become more brittle and loose its ductility.So that gun does not now have the same metal properties as when it was made.

2-Springs also age. All the springs in a C96 are under constant tension. Over time those springs lose their tension and become softer.

So you are now testing a gun where the springs and the metal are not at original factory specs.
Yet you are using new factory ammo loaded to original pressures.

If that bolt breaks free and flies back and hits you,you could be injured.

Take care, we want you around for awhile!

Bob