[mrerick]

Erich, welcome to the forum. Glad your Luger is functioning well.

The little "L" shaped thing under the take down lever is not a pin. It is a spring. When properly made, there is a small cut taken out of the side of the spring which will allow the take down lever to seat properly, and to be moved without undue force.

If someone replaced the spring with an L shaped pin that is completely round in the middle, this is what is causing the binding, and it should be replaced with the proper spring.

If your gunsmith is not familiar with Lugers, he might have missed this even though he got the lever working again.

here's what the spring looks like: