[4 Scale]

Thanks dju. The price agreed to by the parties was $1,150.

I completely agree with Mark's decision to refinish the pistol over its various wear and wounds. He said it had no finish left when he got it, and in my opinion at that point the owner's best strategy is to re-blue to prevent further oxidation.

I have had a lot of fun comparing the pistol to my Mausers. It's got the "flaming bomb" proof, aka "bomb flamer" by a Luger collector from Mexico, fun to see that.

But, I have a couple questions I wanted to ask for help on:

1. The front sight is loose as it sits atop its ramp. It is so loose, it can be pushed off the ramp with a finger. Is there a best way to fix this? I was thinking LockTite?

2. The pistol shoots high at ten yards, about 15" high which amazed me because the group was reasonable - about 5" diameter (about what I get with my '38 Mauser 'shooter'). I would rate the bore as fair to good, good rifling with no pitting although there is some darkness and roughness in the grooves in some places. I don't see anything about the bore that could be throwing the rounds high. By that I mean, it doesn't seem bent or to have anything odd going on near the muzzle.

The only thing I can imagine to fix this is a custom taller front sight, but would appreciate any comments or ideas.

3. Is there a way to release the firing pin after cycling the action? (ha, the forum software will not allow me to use the word that also means "male chicken..."). My standard method with Mausers: retract the breechblock until tension, then depress trigger while returning the breechblock to rest -but on this pistol, that doesn't work. Instead I stick a pencil down the bore and release the firing pin against the eraser to cushion it, but is there a better way?

Thanks in advance for any advice on these.