1916 Erfurt Busted breechblock!

kenfromalaska · 04-12-2003, 03:41 PM

***I seriously doubt the cold had much to do with it. Germany isn't exactly the tropics. More than likely it was defective (hidden faults in the original piece of steel) or perhaps a previous owner fired a lot of very hot ammo through it. The original German 9mm was pretty warm to begin with.***

Funny when I got this one (as a project) it was a 30 Luger but the barrel wasnt straight..I assumed that I had one that had been post war rebarreled and not wanting to shoot 30 Luger I had it redone to 9mm.

It has seen a lot of abuse, got it out in bush Alaska....

04-12-2003, 03:41 PM	#11
kenfromalaska User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Alaska Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	*I seriously doubt the cold had much to do with it. Germany isn't exactly the tropics. More than likely it was defective (hidden faults in the original piece of steel) or perhaps a previous owner fired a lot of very hot ammo through it. The original German 9mm was pretty warm to begin with.* Funny when I got this one (as a project) it was a 30 Luger but the barrel wasnt straight..I assumed that I had one that had been post war rebarreled and not wanting to shoot 30 Luger I had it redone to 9mm. It has seen a lot of abuse, got it out in bush Alaska....