I am not too sure about the use of “rocket scientist” here; is it a reference to a compliment or is it derogatory?.............but not going to worry a lot about it, my time is short now; does not matter right now at all. FWIW, I never made it to rocket scientist status, if that makes any difference to anyone. I just am a simple guy that likes detail.
A comment about heat in this thread was in relation to superglues as per my previous posting. Some blue loctites are ultra high heat resistant(relative term I believe); that was aimed at disassembly issues at some future point. I thought my comments were pretty low level personally, but everyone to their own on that stuff.
The original poster asked for opinions about a loose retaining pin in the toggle system of the Luger. There are always alternatives to any solution, each one having their own possible side effects. The pin in the toggle may take more than one thinks, there is shock at the end of the recoil cycle, and then shocked again at the closing of the system. Lots of ways to attack the issue of a loose pin, I tried to give some insight as to only a few possible solutions. The Luger toggle has humbled me more than once with stuff flying off.
Do I think that my offerings of possible solution are the best for the user?………..well, of course not. I presented some options with a bit of background references for the user to ponder, tis his decision to make; not mine. I tried to give references to allow finding out more about the Loctite products and their proper useage; at this point I am neutral on whether that was a good thing or not on this forum.
I have had the privilege of working with guys that could qualify as rocket scientists, actually they were probably way above of that stuff in my own opinion. I wished often that some of that knowledge would rub off on me at the time, but ……nah, not even close. Those guys were the type of guys that if they did not know it technically in detail today………..they would be up to speed in the following morning. All in all, a hard life for me to make a living at. Oddly enough those guys had sheepskins up and down the hallways(not all but most), but never used their credentials to impress the new guy, all you had to do was to listen to them discuss. They asked difficult questions to make you think and help yourself. What a place to work in, fed me and mine for many years; but all takes its toll.
I wish the guy with the Luger the best, at least he heard other opinions; the forum used to allow differing opinions, maybe that will continue in some fashion.
Yeah, too wordy again........so I will give it a rest.
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