Deactivation or not?

Dwight Gruber · 08-21-2006, 04:04 PM

Brendan,

If you search the forum for shooting and associated terms, or peruse the Shooting and Reloading Forum, you will find a wealth of posts (and opinions!) on this topic.

For various reasons having to do with relative age and amount of use, I recommend WWII Mauser manufactured Lugers--chamber dated from 1936-1942--for shooting. There was no significant quality fall-off during Mauser production. New manufactured magazines are crucial for reliable operation (extruded-type magazines from WWII are also reliable).

All Lugers manufactured until late 1937 were rust-blued with strawed small parts. Lugers manufactured after late 1937 were salt-blued, including the small parts.

--Dwight

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08-21-2006, 04:04 PM	#15
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Brendan, If you search the forum for shooting and associated terms, or peruse the Shooting and Reloading Forum, you will find a wealth of posts (and opinions!) on this topic. For various reasons having to do with relative age and amount of use, I recommend WWII Mauser manufactured Lugers--chamber dated from 1936-1942--for shooting. There was no significant quality fall-off during Mauser production. New manufactured magazines are crucial for reliable operation (extruded-type magazines from WWII are also reliable). All Lugers manufactured until late 1937 were rust-blued with strawed small parts. Lugers manufactured after late 1937 were salt-blued, including the small parts. --Dwight