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Originally Posted by John Sabato
Really Nice custom machine work... we are proud of your efforts to create a part as close to the original as possible...
Now, did anybody check with LugerDoc (Tom Heller) to see if he doesn't have a big box of these laying around his shop? 
BTW, Gun Parts Corporation lists this part as available on their website for $14.90
http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Products/200270.htm |
Now, where's the sport in buying them already made?
Seriously, there are loops available but they are pulled from parted out guns so supplies will dry up sooner or later. Also, I wanted to make one that's an easier retrofit than an original part that has already been staked and then pulled out. I made mine with chamfered ends to make it easy to install, and they will hopefully look better than a used part as well. I'm not sure if Numrich carries used or repro, but their repros usually suck so I'm not really counting them.
And again, I really wanted to find out how to do it. There's many different guns with missing loops and it's really tedious to make one-offs, so a large part of the process was to get the method nailed down for future projects. I'm not doing it to get rich, I just enjoy tinkering with stuff like this.