Survey for reliability, '70's era Mausers

[Frank H.]

I grabbed up a 1973 Mauser " '06 " 9mm 6" barrel very nice condition Luger, I haven't fired it yet (dang work demands) but I bought it hoping it would be a shooter to get my jollies with while sparing to some degree the older and more collectible guns I might come across.

So the question is, how in the real world have the '70's Mausers fared, with a routine shooting activity?

Dwight and others pointed out the somewhat common occurances of extractors getting chipped and various "breakages" with literal vintage Lugars, is it pretty much the same odds with a '70's Mauser?

I'm going to shoot this one, but I'm half tempted to just keep it as a great condition "collectible", but heck, I did buy it to shoot...

In that parts may not be completely interchangible with the vintage Lugers and the parts for the Mausers are no more (so far as I know), I'm kind of second guessing if I should routinely take this gun to the firing range, or should I call it "also" a valuable gun and just shoot my VOPO WWI / S/42, which some feel also will someday be a bit collectible...

I think the solution is money, pure money, solves lots of problems, LOL...

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and your experiences -

Frank H. in L.A. (But thinking seriously of moving to Oregun).