Alright folks, time for another update on my Luger progress. Before I start I want to thank Don V for his kind comment and your idea of using a spent shell for the spring guide in the mag is brilliant. Thankyou! I will definitely try that out.
This week was fairly uneventful, bit I did get around to doing my little job on the arty sight. I had to modify some tools and unfortunately I couldn't find a small enough punch to do the pin for the top part. Last time I just ground down a nail, but this time around that nail was bending so I had to make another one. I didn't have a screw driver fine enough to reef that lil centering screw for the sight... So what I did was take a file to my smallest flat head screw driver and then rub it down until it was sharp enough to engage that little screw.
So I got the sight done. I opted not to use loctite bit I reefed on that screw and am confident that it is in there tight.
So today (Sunday) I did my chores around the house and then hit the range. I have good news and bad news. I did less shooting this time and it was a shorter session, bit I was much more accurate.
So okay, first the good news. I've been practicing. Last time my pistol shooting game was pretty embarrassing. An RSO was hanging around last time, watching over my shoulder and he gave me some advice. He told me to practice dry firing at home, so this week I did that, and today at the range my pistol game is noticeably improved.
Right out of the box, I am getting tighter groups around the bullseye, hitting closer than I ever have before. So that's good. Again, I'm using the Luger and then the 45acp. The Luger is still the most accurate of the two. But I am much happier with the 45's performance this time around. (This was the gun I was doing all my practice on.)
The hold open issue seems to be getting better with the Luger too. (Maybe that tight hold open spring is wearing in?) The first go with the refurbish mag and it surprised me by working the hold open after the last shot. That was the only time it did that and I didn't expect that. but still pleasantly surprised as I had not yet taken this mag apart or did anything to it.
Now for the bad news. As I'm shooting the Luger, and at first I am getting nice groups around the bullseye, I start to notice the sight adjustment dealy is drifting up. As I shoot it's raising the sight. Easy enough fix, I just put some tape behind the adjuster and it holds. Next thing I know I see my mix axle retaining pin drop in front of me right after a shot. !!! Good thing I was doing my accuracy tests and shooting from the rest, if I was standing I might've missed this and and lost the little pin. And sure enough once that happens guess what's next? My toggle axle walks out and the action is done. (I can imagine my German ancestors would be in deep doo doo of this had happened in the trenches!) At this point I decided to pack up the Luger, and luckily I didn't lose any parts so it's all still there. I finished the range practice with the 45, and though I like this gun, it is just not as smooth shooting nor as accurate as the hundred year old Luger.
So there you have it guys. I'm not all together upset despite the fall apart end, because I still have it all together and I hit levels of accuracy that I hadn't seen before (with either gun.)
If any of you have any advice on this mid axle retaining pin, I'd like to hear it. Should I just tap it back in? Should I use some kind of goop like glue or loctite? Was I supposed to bend the end or peen it somehow?
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