Proof failure rate?

nukem556 · 10-19-2010, 10:02 PM

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!

10-19-2010, 10:02 PM	#1
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	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!