Proof failure rate?
I was reading Walter's book, and under the section discussing Krieghoff Lugers, he states that evidence of the high quality of the Kreighoffs is that only 10% of those failed the proof test, whereas 40% (!!!!!!) of Mauser production failed such test....given that I've always understood proof testing to involve firing a overpressure cartridge, am I supposed to believe that nearly HALF of Mauser production blew up on testing? This isn't the only dumb statement I've seen in this book...(e.g. (rust bluing ended in 1925)... I might have been born at night, but it wasn't last night!
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