Test fired 30 rounds from "FG" C96

[alvin]

The gun is the "French Gendarme" variation which come with "factory error" grip panels acquired last year (BTW, I don't have any doubt it's a factory error because it's a middle digit in 6 digits, 3 and 5 does look alike on Mauser s/n stamping). One of its previous owners installed a non-factory firing pin in the gun. That's an unnumbered part on this variation, but a correct factory pin in good shape is hard to come and cost a lot. Finally, got one.

Planned to fire 10 rounds from it, but it worked so great, I finally fired 30 rounds. Followed the same procedure as usual: fire a single round first, checking:

1) Anything broken? no
2) Ejected case looks good, no crack, no deformation? very good
3) Primer of the ejected case had correct indentation? yes
4) Ejected case can be put back into chamber without any difficulty? yes

Then, test fired other 29 rounds. It worked perfectly. Luckily, nothing is broken in the process. Although it's not a super expensive instance, breaking any part would still be a bad headache. Now, it can go to the safe sleeping