My new Finnish "SA" Parabellum

[some_finn]

Originally posted by Luke
Three of my Finnish Parabellums have unnumbered rear toggle links that I believe to be Mauser parts

Was this the most likely link to break under the added stress of the hotter ammumition? I would have thought it would be the forward or middle link.

I haven't made any large scale investigation into the matter but it does seem that the rear one is very often replaced (or it's just easy to spot as the number is missing?).
But I do think it's kind of logical. The rear toggle is the one that is connected to the frame and ultimately takes all the punishment (or am I misunderstanding something, I'm not a mechanical engineer?).

Sorry, I can't really remember very accurately how much the Vankeinhoitolaitos one cost, if I say $1000 I think I'm off by less than $500

Parabellums are cheap or at least reasonably priced around here, I guess the collector's market is somewhat saturated compared to the US for example. Same thing with Mauser C96s. But for some strange reason (wartime) Walther P.38s are hideously expensive, more than twice what they cost in Central Europe. That's why I got mine from Belgium