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04-23-2001, 11:34 AM | #1 |
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Take Down Tool Hole
Here is the first of two take down levers with holes in them. Anyone else see this and wonder why it was done and "who done it"
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04-23-2001, 11:37 AM | #3 |
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Re: Take Down Tool Hole
How does that hole line up with the retaining spring in the take down lever?? David.
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04-23-2001, 12:06 PM | #4 |
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Re: Take Down Tool Hole
Neither of the two examples line up with the retainage spring in the lever. Both are well to the right of it.
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04-23-2001, 12:07 PM | #5 |
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Re: Take Down LEVER
Should have said LEVER, not TOOL in the previous messages.
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04-23-2001, 12:13 PM | #6 |
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Ted, the photos are not very clear, but are either hole tapped? (EOM)
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04-23-2001, 12:24 PM | #7 |
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Re: Ted, the photos are not very clear, but are either hole tapped?
i dont know, I have neither with me. One was a gun I redid and other was posted on another forum, so "beats me"
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04-23-2001, 12:29 PM | #8 |
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In that case, My guess would be
that maybe someone intended to tap the holes and install set screws. Not to keep the lever from dropping down, but perhaps to improve the tightness of fit of the sideplate so that the trigger pull would be more consistent.
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Re: In that case, My guess would be
Your purty smart dude
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04-23-2001, 12:38 PM | #10 |
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Re: Take Down Tool Hole
The holes were put there by the manufacturers so that the Luger Forum would have something to discuss in the future. Ever heard of Time Travel they are amoung us.
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04-23-2001, 12:41 PM | #11 |
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Re: Take Down Tool Hole
Forgot are these on Imports or original Lugers?
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04-23-2001, 01:03 PM | #12 |
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Re: Take Down Tool Hole
I have seen this same type hole in a Luger book. The author did not know the meaning or what it was put there for. This is interesting as to why????
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04-23-2001, 02:26 PM | #13 |
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Re: Take Down Tool Hole
Loks lik a infestation of "steel worms" ta me. This kin b a vry serus situashion as ther is no nown kure an onct they git startd they go rampant an eat up yore hole gun.
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04-23-2001, 04:59 PM | #14 |
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Re: Take Down Tool Hole
I like John's set screw idea, but I'd never go to that trouble to improve locking fit, when there are easier ways. More likely, on levers that fit too tightly, a tool or pin punch was inserted in the hole to lower and raise lever.
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04-23-2001, 05:12 PM | #15 |
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Re: Take Down Tool Hole
Tom, have you seen this before? Certainly this has surfaced before now, or is it a recent import thing?
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04-23-2001, 07:25 PM | #16 |
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Tom's idea sounds about right - we have all seen those screwdriver witness marks on takedown levers.
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04-23-2001, 09:24 PM | #17 |
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Re: Take Down Tool Hole
Probably 95% of the Lugers out there show screwdriver marks on the takedown lever and frame from attempts to unlatch the lever without knowing the correct procedure. I have seen some bent down at 45 degree angles, probably after takeing the advice "get a bigger hammer". These holes could have also been the misguided attempts to look inside to see what had that darned lever locked into postition.
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04-24-2001, 04:29 PM | #18 |
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Tom? What is an easier way to improve locking fit?
Knowing how difficult it is to fit a new sideplate, how would you improve fit of the trigger control components easier than stabilizing the installed sideplate with a setscrew through the lever end?
The only way my tired mind can see would be by swapping of components until you got a good fit, (assuming that you had a pool of parts to try...) |
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