Borchardt

Sebastian21 · 02-17-2006, 11:43 PM

does anybody know how to strip down a Borchardt?

Edward Tinker · 02-18-2006, 06:14 AM

George welcome to the forum. I do not know.

Many times most guns do not need to be stripped all the way down, you can lightly disassemble one and clean it.

do you have one? is it nasty?

There are folks here that can help, but maybe some more info before they write a 2 page disertation

Sebastian21 · 02-18-2006, 09:23 PM

I have one with the mainspring either broken or detached. also it has been re-blued but they did not polish the markings so they are sharp and clear but I need to remove the blue and turn it into a gray gun which will match the well worn grips and magazine. So I need to take it completely apart thanks George

Lugerdoc · 02-20-2006, 10:24 AM

See the expanded 3rd edition (page 26) or later of the Gun DigestBook of Exploded Firearms Drawing for diagram and disassembly instructions. TH

Ron Wood · 02-20-2006, 11:58 AM

I hope your mainspring is just detached and isn't broken. Those things are as hard to find as unicorn poo.

Tom, glad you could provide a reference for disassembly. I knew I had seen one somewhere but had no idea where. I took my first one apart without instructions and I was on pins and needles the whole time.

Sebastian21 · 02-20-2006, 12:44 PM

This is the real thing - I think and hope: but I am interested in who made the reproductions and when were they made and how do the differ from the originals and how much are the worth?

Ron Wood · 02-20-2006, 03:02 PM

I think my "signature" has clouded the waters again. Since I am primarily an Imperial era Luger collector, my tag line "If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction" is a weak attempt at humor.

Sebastian21 · 02-20-2006, 04:01 PM

OK, you never know about things today but I thought it would cost more to make a repo Borchardt then a real one cost but today everything can be reproduced. I just bought a nice copy of a Colt Lightning Rifle made by Taurus and it costs 400.00

Sebastian21 · 02-20-2006, 07:52 PM

thanks for your help I just got a copy of exploded handgun drawings and there is complete break down of the Borchardt it does not tell how to take it apart but a least I can see the relationship of how the parts fit in the gun. I have taken apart many lugers and so I am going to give it a try. Gail Morgan can always put it back togeather if I can not but I have only had one gun that I could not repair and that was a Miller trigger on a LC Smith

Lugerdoc · 02-21-2006, 07:05 AM

Sebastian, I would guess that Gale has rebuilt more Borchards than most of us have seen. TH

02-17-2006, 11:43 PM	#1
Sebastian21 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nevada Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Borchardt does anybody know how to strip down a Borchardt?

02-18-2006, 06:14 AM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,962 Thanks: 2,063 Thanked 4,592 Times in 2,114 Posts	George welcome to the forum. I do not know. Many times most guns do not need to be stripped all the way down, you can lightly disassemble one and clean it. do you have one? is it nasty? There are folks here that can help, but maybe some more info before they write a 2 page disertation __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

02-20-2006, 10:24 AM	#4
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	See the expanded 3rd edition (page 26) or later of the Gun DigestBook of Exploded Firearms Drawing for diagram and disassembly instructions. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

02-20-2006, 11:58 AM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,035 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,242 Times in 1,719 Posts	I hope your mainspring is just detached and isn't broken. Those things are as hard to find as unicorn poo. Tom, glad you could provide a reference for disassembly. I knew I had seen one somewhere but had no idea where. I took my first one apart without instructions and I was on pins and needles the whole time. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

02-20-2006, 03:02 PM	#7
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,035 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,242 Times in 1,719 Posts	I think my "signature" has clouded the waters again. Since I am primarily an Imperial era Luger collector, my tag line "If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction" is a weak attempt at humor. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

02-18-2006, 09:23 PM	#3
Sebastian21 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nevada Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have one with the mainspring either broken or detached. also it has been re-blued but they did not polish the markings so they are sharp and clear but I need to remove the blue and turn it into a gray gun which will match the well worn grips and magazine. So I need to take it completely apart thanks George

02-20-2006, 12:44 PM	#6
Sebastian21 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nevada Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This is the real thing - I think and hope: but I am interested in who made the reproductions and when were they made and how do the differ from the originals and how much are the worth?

02-20-2006, 04:01 PM	#8
Sebastian21 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nevada Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	OK, you never know about things today but I thought it would cost more to make a repo Borchardt then a real one cost but today everything can be reproduced. I just bought a nice copy of a Colt Lightning Rifle made by Taurus and it costs 400.00

02-20-2006, 07:52 PM	#9
Sebastian21 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nevada Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thanks for your help I just got a copy of exploded handgun drawings and there is complete break down of the Borchardt it does not tell how to take it apart but a least I can see the relationship of how the parts fit in the gun. I have taken apart many lugers and so I am going to give it a try. Gail Morgan can always put it back togeather if I can not but I have only had one gun that I could not repair and that was a Miller trigger on a LC Smith

02-21-2006, 07:05 AM	#10
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Sebastian, I would guess that Gale has rebuilt more Borchards than most of us have seen. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net