[worldoftone]

I personally would rebarrel this to Navy length and forget the whole "ubber" barrel issue.

Am thinking that route now. Trust me there brother

Hopefully the thing was safety checked with gauges/measurements before the sale

I doubt it. The gunsmiths . . . uh I mean parts changers at the shop I bought it from never looked at it AFAIK because they couldn't tell me if it was .30 Luger or 9mm. The salesman originally thought it was a .22. DUH. I had to have them gauge it before I bought it.

Just simple parts replacement alone does not really cut it for safety.

Right. That's why I took it to a second gunsmith who is pretty darn good to have it checked before taking it to the range the second time. I suppose I need to get some gauges and learn how to check the basic stuff on these.

The barrel forearm resemembles an offering by Numerich(Gun Parts) and others(?). Always wondered if they would work at all(with such attached wood). Some have been for sale here before, and questions were asked about functionality of said barrel/forearms. Never saw a response, guess people did not know or did not wish to comment. Still looking for such comments to ponder on my own time

In my experience, that was one of the major problems. The forearm did not interfere with the function of the gun, but as more rounds were fired, it slid forward. It absolutely wouldn't stay put even after retightening. Tried it two or three times. that's when I decided to remove it.

I have not seen any early carbines with scopes on the barrels, however some later made up carbines had scope mounts on the side of the frame, thus no additional scope weight on the moving mechanism.

Yep seen this too! Makes sense to me after this experience.

The weight of the rifle scope, longish barrel, and barrel attached forearm will not do function any good; even with such mounted to a shoulder stock for stability. Just a lot of mass/weight for the mechanism to overcome.

Again correct. Once all the "stuff" i.e. weight was off the barrel, then it started working. Unfortunately the firing pin finally broke so I could not test any further.

You might ponder what one would want out of the purchase. Sounds like you got it for good now; perhaps no return?

Yep, it's mine now. As GT says, "You're learning a lot about Lugers now" and I have to agree there

Good luck with your new acquisition. Not sure if it will ever work as pictured, but one should never say never...... but this one will be a task as originally purchased. On the plus side, you have most of a Luger pistol to start with for a more thought out firearm.

Thanks! It's all good. I'll either get her working as-is but w/o a scope and forearm, or rebarrel to a shorter length and have a real good shooter.

Toggle parts on the way to GT now so we'll see how she goes in a bit. Thanks to any and all for opinions and advice. In the end I'll have something cool!

- WOT