My first acquisition

[RuralMunky]

No I get it. I appreciate all the advice. It's just I didn't realize it would be worth this much and had my heart set on firing it. I'll just wait for a shooter to cross my path.

[gunbugs]

I take my all matching Navy out and shoot it once or twice a year. But before I do, I swap out the extractor and firing pin, (The commonly broken parts), with non-matching spares, and re-install them after I clean it up. And I make sure it is well lubricated. It has a hole in the end of the barrel, that's where the bullet comes out. The Germans weren't afraid to shoot them.... I'm pretty sure I'll get flamed for this post.

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by gunbugs

I take my all matching Navy out and shoot it once or twice a year. But before I do, I swap out the extractor and firing pin, (The commonly broken parts), with non-matching spares, and re-install them after I clean it up. And I make sure it is well lubricated. It has a hole in the end of the barrel, that's where the bullet comes out. The Germans weren't afraid to shoot them.... I'm pretty sure I'll get flamed for this post.

I won't flame you. Your gun your $.

But you might as well remove the holdopen when you shoot, it also gets broken a lot.

I've also seen the rear toggle open cracks more than once (not on mine luckily).

And finally the breechblock can also break, seen it happen a couple of times, and it also happened to me.

By the way, the Germans used them when they were new not collection pieces. Besides they were issued, so who cared if something broke.