Hi to all, well, my first attempt was to clamp the barrel in the barrel vice shown, and hopefully twist everything out in one shot! Well, the barrel was already loose, and in working it back and forth I was able to defeat the solder joint and remove the revolver barrel.. the pin was only into touching the barrel stub, and literally fell right in once the barrel was removed? I was left with the threaded barrel tenon from the original barrel. I couldn't tell if it was soldered, or glued, or pressed, so I did the caveman thing and applied the no. 7 easy out... I clamped the receiver vice to the bench, and tapped in the easy out, clamped on the vice grips and it went "pop" and screwed right out!!!
! .... everything seemed to be in order, no damage to the threads or receiver... Soooo, I installed a "MADE IN GERMANY" barrel, and it indexed and head spaced perfectly in the first shot.... I then sat back and looked around as this was going waaaayyy to well, and something had to be amiss? But no, it went back together ready for the range test that has to follow no matter how good everything seems.. But, I think we have a nice solid Luger top half now! Should work great... best to all, til...lat'r....GT...
