New to Lugers, here's mine. goal - decent shooter

[beaniam]

just swapped out the recoil, striker, extractor and trigger springs out for new ones. Put in a standard wolff recoil spring. The extractor looks to be in good shape and clean. Got the new mecgar mag. I'll take the 36 and 40lb springs with me to the range and see what happens. Hopefully make it there Sunday.

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by postino

You're prepared to swap out mainsprings at the range???

Have a friend take pictures and time you...And post the results (of the mainspring swap) here...

It should make a good YouTube Tutorial video...

Postie,

I've found spring replacement not that difficult if you have the tool I made. It's an old screwdriver with a shank that's a close fit to the hole in the end of the guide rod. I heated and bent the shank so that the last 1/4" is perpendicular to the handle, and offset so that the push-pull lines up the axis of the guide rod with the axis of the tool's handle. This controls the whole setup pretty well because you're not dealing with extra torques presented by an offset, prependicularly applied force, just hooking it up and pushing it in. The little trick of pre-compressing the spring by winding it onto the guide rod helps, since this puts the rod's hooked end within a fraction of an inch of where it is to be located, before any force is applied at all. Then, line 'er up, give a little push, and hook the hook. A range pal can be the vise, stabilizing the gun on a sturdy, safe (non-marring) surface. Oh, and the takedown tool to remove the grips.