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[alvin]

Wartime made gun? The steel quality of small parts made in wartime is very questionable. At least on a few instances that I fired. e.g. I just fired 200 rounds from a pistol made during WWI, the safety lever was shaken broken -- that's right, it's not even touched in the process, just by shaking. Fortunately, the thing was not a numbered part. Military acceptance procedure could measure exterior physical dimension, but I doubt they measured the physical strength or checked hidden cracks on steel.

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Or, is it a pre war instance?

[tkr930]

Originally Posted by alvin

Wartime made gun? The steel quality of small parts made in wartime is very questionable. At least on a few instances that I fired. e.g. I just fired 200 rounds from a pistol made during WWI, the safety lever was shaken broken -- that's right, it's not even touched in the process, just by shaking. Fortunately, the thing was not a numbered part. Military acceptance procedure could measure exterior physical dimension, but I doubt they measured the physical strength or checked hidden cracks on steel.

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Or, is it a pre war instance?

The gun is made in 1938, and is (relatively spoken) in good condition. The former owner engraved his initials on the left side, which is a pity but nothing to do about it.

I asked a friend of mine whom has experience in Lugers which parts can broke. His answer was: basically everything. I guess this "its on the house" when enjoying a Luger.

By the way thank you for your input.

marius

[alvin]

Originally Posted by tkr930

The gun is made in 1938, and is (relatively spoken) in good condition.

A little bit surprise. Never fired a C&R Luger, but prewar gun, well,,, I don't know.

I fired about 20 C&R German pistols. So far, only two types are relatively fragile -- tiny vest pocket pistols, and wartime made pistols. Others worked great.