[G.T.]

Hi to all! In every part on a Luger, there are some subtle little items that have to be addressed to make them fit and operate as they were intended... At the turn of the century, during manufacturing, commonality was tough to come by, and hand fitting was a necessary part of the assembly process... some of the crudest parts on the Luger, are in the magazine... probably the best most accurate part was the tube or shell... but, the follower, follower button, and the magazine bottoms ran from perfect to spec., to unbelievably crude!!! So, there is quite a bit of freedom taken within the spec ranges to allow for the assembly of these less then perfect parts... The follower button tang, or rivit end is one of these areas... Most of the originals are plenty short... and when expanded, hold tight in the relief hole in the follower.. but they come a bit short of going all the way thru the hole.. This is fine, and correct. But, thru the years, with the different wall thickness of the many different followers made, most after market follower buttons have a little longer tang availabile to rivit over! I've even done this myself and upon request, made the rivit end, at the top end of the spec., so you definitly have something protruding thru the followers side to whack at!!! The correct proceedure, is to pre-fit the follower button to the follower, by inserting it in the follower while outside the shell, and then, trim the rivit end tip flush with the edge of the follower. The end of the follower button should be flush, or slightly below, when reassembled in the shell and rivited!! If not, it will drag on the side of the shell, and definitly cause the mag. to be difficult to load...and perhaps, affect feeding, although I've not been able to determine this for sure?? Anyway, a little tip for the home Luger enthusiast!! <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" /> Best to all, Merry Christmas! Til...lat'r....GT