1916 Erfurt Busted breechblock!

Sgt Art · 04-11-2003, 10:28 AM

I seriously doubt the cold had much to do with it. Germany isn't exactly the tropics. More than likely it was defective (hidden faults in the original piece of steel) or perhaps a previous owner fired a lot of very hot ammo through it. The original German 9mm was pretty warm to begin with.

It would be interesting to know what sort of failures the R&D departments of the various manufactorers and German armorers came up with, i.e. after 5,000 rounds the breech should be replaced or typically showed signs of beginning to fail. Problem is, who keeps count especially when guns like these have been through so many hands.

04-11-2003, 10:28 AM	#9
Sgt Art User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SC Posts: 58 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I seriously doubt the cold had much to do with it. Germany isn't exactly the tropics. More than likely it was defective (hidden faults in the original piece of steel) or perhaps a previous owner fired a lot of very hot ammo through it. The original German 9mm was pretty warm to begin with. It would be interesting to know what sort of failures the R&D departments of the various manufactorers and German armorers came up with, i.e. after 5,000 rounds the breech should be replaced or typically showed signs of beginning to fail. Problem is, who keeps count especially when guns like these have been through so many hands.