Broken Grip Safety Spring
 

Has anyone ever broke a grip safety spring on a 1929 Swiss Luger? I just did and am trying to figure out the proper procedure to replace it.

Also...does anyone know of genuine parts for these pistols in North America? Waffen Halsberger's webpage in Germany claims to have them.

Tom Heller (Lugerdoc) usually has them. They are easy to replace...just push the old one out with the proper size punch and put in a new one. Rarely will you have to do any filing on the part that goes in the frame to make it fit. It is just a press in fit.

The grip spring of a postwar Mauser Parabellum should be the same.

I've got the genuine Swiss 06/29 grip safety springs new so drop me a PM if you want one.

Guisan.:)

Ok, but is there a way to take the grip safety off without prying it off and possibly bending it? It looks to me like the safety switch should somehow come off first.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/07...gripsafety.jpg

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No, the way to go according to the armourer's manual is like this;
Remove both grips
Push the grip safety towards the frame
Lift the pin down the grip safety lever out of it's seat
Remove grip safety and spring

Assembly;
Put the grip safety spring in place
Slide the top of the grip safety lever upward under the thumb safety lever and put the pin down the grip safety into it's seat.
Watch that the spring pin on the grip safety lever is in the correct position towards the spring
Test functionality
Put grips back on

It's pretty easy to do and you don't need to force or bend anything.

Guisan.:)

MP40, I do have new Mauser Parabellum (same as M29) grip safety springs available here in the USA. TH

Thanks for the info...it makes sense, except the "pin" is firmly against the side of the frame and can only be "lifted" by prying it with a screwdriver (see pic)...I don't want to do this since it will bend the thin sheet metal of the grip saftey...are all safeties this tight against the frame like mine?

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You only need to lift the lower end of the grip safety far enough to get the pin out of the seat. There is enough "spring" in the grip safety that you will not bend it. I have done it dozens of times.

I hadn't noticed before that the '29 spring has a loop in the lower end to fit into the frame. I have never had to replace the spring in a '29 so I never really looked closely at it. The earlier '06 spring had a solid lug. One more cost cutting change in the '29.

Interesting...you learn something new every day even when you are as old as I am :).

Thanks for all the help everyone...someone here offered to sell me a spring, so I'll only try and take the grip safety off when I get the spring in the mail...I just hope that there is enough "spring" as you say in the grip safety sheet metal since it is so old...probably early 1940s.

Check my pic in the posting above, that pin is only .10" long so you only need to lift it a tiny bit, just make sure that the screwdriver blade is as close as possible towards that pin.
The 06/29 grip safety spring is much stronger and bigger as with the older Swiss Lugers.

Guisan :)

If you first remove the safety lever and push the grip safety forward, the bottom should lift out with minimal pressure. TH