Broken Hold open 1918 DWM

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Originally Posted by Puretexan

I know I will get flack from this , but I don't see any advantage to numbering every
part on a luger. Well I guess having one that survived time and still has them all together. I bet the gun would shoot just as well without all that. Break a part on a Colt SAA and they stick another in it and move on.

Not really flack. But, Lugers, by design have really tight tolerances, parts need to be fitted to the individal gun. Numbering the parts will. First guarantee that the fitted parts will go to the right gun in the final assembly. And second to prevent inadverted swap of the parts in field group maintenance. Unintentionally swaping parts in Lugers can bring lots of problems that can go from the gun not working at all to ending up with a machine pistol on your hands.

Even in the SAA replacing some parts will need fitting for proper function. The hand, the bolt the hammer, the trigger and the cylinder may or may be not full drop in. Even in the 1911 that was made with parts interchangeability in mind some parts need to be fitted for proper function.