An unconventional way

alvin · 08-15-2013, 09:21 AM

Wartime made gun? The steel quality of small parts made in wartime is very questionable. At least on a few instances that I fired. e.g. I just fired 200 rounds from a pistol made during WWI, the safety lever was shaken broken -- that's right, it's not even touched in the process, just by shaking. Fortunately, the thing was not a numbered part. Military acceptance procedure could measure exterior physical dimension, but I doubt they measured the physical strength or checked hidden cracks on steel.

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Or, is it a pre war instance?

08-15-2013, 09:21 AM	#7
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Wartime made gun? The steel quality of small parts made in wartime is very questionable. At least on a few instances that I fired. e.g. I just fired 200 rounds from a pistol made during WWI, the safety lever was shaken broken -- that's right, it's not even touched in the process, just by shaking. Fortunately, the thing was not a numbered part. Military acceptance procedure could measure exterior physical dimension, but I doubt they measured the physical strength or checked hidden cracks on steel. ==== Or, is it a pre war instance?