[JimD]

I recently bought a WW1 DWM. The lower parts and the toggle train match but the barrel and extention don't match the rest of the gun. However, the barrel and extension are matching. The gun was nickel plated and I bought it cheap enough to be a fixer-upper shooter.

The unintended consequence is that removing the nickel made the gun quite loose. With the upper removed the toggel train has a lot of side-to-side play and the axle pin is very loose. The sideplate is now able to move away from the gun ever so slightly requiring about 3 times the normal trigger pull to trip the sear.

I spoke with a gunsmith friend of mine who pointed out that removing the nickel was necessary to do the repairs and clean-up that needed to be done. In his opinion he would renickel the gun to tighten it back up and close the tolerances.

Any opinions? If I elect to renickel who would be good to use?