Ron, et al, I can't thank you enough for your sage advice. What an outstanding forum!
Your comments remind me of Gander Mountain, where customers are given free reign to handle the rifles regardless of the cleanliness of their hands. I cringe when I see a firearm, regardless of value, put back on the shelf after handling without a wipe-down. I've even seen an employee fill a shopping cart with rifles and shotguns without protecting the pieces from each other.
You stated that "If you know what you are doing, and that is a big IF, then there should be no objection to the actions you mentioned," with regard to cycling the action. Would you be kind enough to describe how the action should be cycled? If the action is cycled, how can spring tension be relaxed for subsequent storage without dry firing? (I am trying to avoid becoming one of the idiots you mentioned.)
Yes, I've been looking on Ebay, and I'm assuming the manual you speak of is the English translation by John Baum of the original WW2 German Manual for the 9mm Luger Pistol dated 1935. (Pistole 08 H.Dv. 255 L.Dv. 405 Berlin 1936 Berlag, Offene, Worte, Berlin D35.) Would this manual be appropriate for my 1941 Mauser? I'm not concerned with gleaning technical advice from the manual as much as I am some modicum of historical accuracy.
Again, my appreciation to you gentlemen for your time and advice.
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