Side by side comparison, Mauser vs Shansei

[alvin]

Although this Shansei was heavily buffed, but no major milling was changed. Comparing Shansei (and other Chinese copies) with Mauser, actually reveals what's difficult to copy on this type of pistol at that time. Usually, Chinese copy had two issues from machining precision point of view. Magazine floor fitting quality varies big time. Mauser also varies in this area, but not on the degree of Chinese copies. On this particular one, looks it's good, but in general, quality varies. Another difficult area was the firing pin/bolt fitting. It's not obvious that firing pin fitting with bolt internal milling could be hard, but it was. Certain problem was hard to be resolved by hand polishing. This issue is more common.

Another weak area is metal quality. In theory, key components were made from imported steel. But there was still steel quality issue on key components, on bolt, on bolt stop, on extractor, etc. Heat treatment problem? Don't know. Tons of those poor Mauser imported after relining are still shootable working fine, but this is hard on Shansei. Give it a try.

All opinions were based on visual observation and actual trial.