[DonVoigt]

Thanks Guys,
keep the good thinking up.

Ed,
my point of mentioning modern pieces was that they are "not" any better and require parts change to keep functioning- at least according to the mfg.! My personal opinion is that the luger is a very robust and elegant design, but to read many posts- some think they will break if you look at them crosswise!
And for sure the ammo would/could cost way more than the luger.
But using a luger of unknown previous history, i.e. one that is not new- would be only a test of that individual piece- to do a good test one would need to "test" 10 or 100 with each ammo type.
Yikes!

Kurusu- What broke when you finally did "break" your BYF 41? Did it kill it or just require a part replacement and move on?

Vilm-
that would be super info to read/know. Hope you find it.