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Unread 09-17-2009, 08:09 AM   #1
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Idiots should not be allowed to pick up a collector gun but unfortunately your average idiot looks a lot like me.
Idiots shouldn't be allowed near any gun...

I've toyed with the idea of carrying surgical gloves with me to a gun show, and a jewelers loupe, but I think anything that requires that much attention is going to be beyond my means anyway...

As an aside, Ron has one of the more common faces (from his avatar, anyway); I think we all know someone who has his looks and feel comfortable around them...None of the ones I know are idiots...
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Ron, et al, I can't thank you enough for your sage advice. What an outstanding forum!

Your comments remind me of Gander Mountain, where customers are given free reign to handle the rifles regardless of the cleanliness of their hands. I cringe when I see a firearm, regardless of value, put back on the shelf after handling without a wipe-down. I've even seen an employee fill a shopping cart with rifles and shotguns without protecting the pieces from each other.

You stated that "If you know what you are doing, and that is a big IF, then there should be no objection to the actions you mentioned," with regard to cycling the action. Would you be kind enough to describe how the action should be cycled? If the action is cycled, how can spring tension be relaxed for subsequent storage without dry firing? (I am trying to avoid becoming one of the idiots you mentioned.)

Yes, I've been looking on Ebay, and I'm assuming the manual you speak of is the English translation by John Baum of the original WW2 German Manual for the 9mm Luger Pistol dated 1935. (Pistole 08 H.Dv. 255 L.Dv. 405 Berlin 1936 Berlag, Offene, Worte, Berlin D35.) Would this manual be appropriate for my 1941 Mauser? I'm not concerned with gleaning technical advice from the manual as much as I am some modicum of historical accuracy.

Again, my appreciation to you gentlemen for your time and advice.
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Unread 09-17-2009, 06:04 PM   #3
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I've toyed with the idea of carrying surgical gloves with me to a gun show, and a jewelers loupe, but I think anything that requires that much attention is going to be beyond my means anyway...
Not really. I thought that way in the past too (because relatively older timer Nemo had said so). But later on I found my nake eyes are not very good, probably because I am becoming older and older every year..... 3x-7x loupe is very useful to check any blue on pits, ridges around stamp, rust in the stamp, halo, scratches, muzzle hint of relining, etc. But the precondition is good light source. Gun show seldomly offers good light, actually none of those shows that I went had good light.......... and the air quality inside was poor .....
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