Help looking for 1st Luger

Ponyman · 03-02-2005, 03:48 PM

I've seen numerous Mauser-Interarms (1970's production) pictured with trigger, safety, ejector and take-down looking like "straw". (Didn't see any with the extractor strawed - I would have thought the extractor would be a prime candidate for tempering.) Is that merely painted or plated?

My understanding is that these parts ('37 and earlier?) were tempered to improve the "springiness" of the metal, which would reduce breakage.

03-02-2005, 03:48 PM	#13
Ponyman User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlantic County, NJ, USA Posts: 138 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I've seen numerous Mauser-Interarms (1970's production) pictured with trigger, safety, ejector and take-down looking like "straw". (Didn't see any with the extractor strawed - I would have thought the extractor would be a prime candidate for tempering.) Is that merely painted or plated? My understanding is that these parts ('37 and earlier?) were tempered to improve the "springiness" of the metal, which would reduce breakage. __________________ "The Constitution is intended for use by a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the governance of any other." ~ John Quincy Adams