Toggle pin anyone??

tx_oil · 11-05-2012, 07:09 PM

Apparently after the last range trip, my Luger's toggle pin has fallen out and is MIA. Does anyone know of a source for a replacement, and can I get one and have the same numbers stamped on it that the old one wore??

alanint · 11-05-2012, 08:03 PM

Ton Heller, (Lugerdoc) most certainly will have an extra, but I doubt anybody on this site will renumber one for you, as this is frowned upon here.

BTW, how did you manage to lose a toggle pin at the Range. The only way for a toggle pin to become lost would be to dismantle the gun. Something not always done on the range.

tx_oil · 11-05-2012, 08:48 PM

I really have no idea how...it was there when I shot it at the range, and then when I was disassembling to clean when I returned home, the pin was missing. Can the retaining pin that goes in from the top of the toggle have broken, allowing the toggle pin to fall out??

alanint · 11-05-2012, 08:55 PM

If you are talking about the center pin and not the pin at the rear, this pin is not numbered, so a replacement should be easy. It is hard for me to imagine how it would have simply fallen out, but it is an easy replacement.

mrerick · 11-05-2012, 08:57 PM

If it's the pin in the middle of the toggle (that fits within the knurled knobs) it's not numbered.

If it's the one that holds the toggle train into the receiver ears (at the rear) some are numbered, some are not, depending on the era, mfg and model.

Marc

tx_oil · 11-05-2012, 09:16 PM

Ok, thank you gentlemen for your knowledge. It is the pin that the toggle rotates around, and on exploded views it is labeled as 'toggle pin'. Again, I haven't a clue how it became detached, but there is a small pin that is inserted down from the top of the left side of the toggle which retains the 'toggle pin', and THAT pin is missing also so I guess that it broke somehow and allowed the 'toggle pin' to fall out. Except for the magazine, this is an all number matching Luger so i was assuming (yes, yes I know...) that this part was numbered also. It relieves me that it is not.

Lugerdoc · 11-07-2012, 12:02 PM

MR et all, I wish that we would all refer to these as toggle AXELS (front, mid & rear) and the mid axel retaining pin, in order to avoid confusion. I do have all of the above in stock. TH

tx_oil · 11-07-2012, 02:40 PM

My apologies. It is 'toggle axle' from this day forward..

11-05-2012, 07:09 PM	#1
tx_oil User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 61 Thanks: 8 Thanked 18 Times in 13 Posts	Toggle pin anyone?? Apparently after the last range trip, my Luger's toggle pin has fallen out and is MIA. Does anyone know of a source for a replacement, and can I get one and have the same numbers stamped on it that the old one wore?? __________________ Invest in precious metals: Lead, Brass and Primers

11-05-2012, 08:48 PM	#3
tx_oil User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 61 Thanks: 8 Thanked 18 Times in 13 Posts	I really have no idea how...it was there when I shot it at the range, and then when I was disassembling to clean when I returned home, the pin was missing. Can the retaining pin that goes in from the top of the toggle have broken, allowing the toggle pin to fall out?? __________________ Invest in precious metals: Lead, Brass and Primers

11-05-2012, 08:57 PM	#5
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,900 Thanks: 1,372 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	If it's the pin in the middle of the toggle (that fits within the knurled knobs) it's not numbered. If it's the one that holds the toggle train into the receiver ears (at the rear) some are numbered, some are not, depending on the era, mfg and model. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

11-05-2012, 09:16 PM	#6
tx_oil User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 61 Thanks: 8 Thanked 18 Times in 13 Posts	Ok, thank you gentlemen for your knowledge. It is the pin that the toggle rotates around, and on exploded views it is labeled as 'toggle pin'. Again, I haven't a clue how it became detached, but there is a small pin that is inserted down from the top of the left side of the toggle which retains the 'toggle pin', and THAT pin is missing also so I guess that it broke somehow and allowed the 'toggle pin' to fall out. Except for the magazine, this is an all number matching Luger so i was assuming (yes, yes I know...) that this part was numbered also. It relieves me that it is not. __________________ Invest in precious metals: Lead, Brass and Primers

11-07-2012, 12:02 PM	#7
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	MR et all, I wish that we would all refer to these as toggle AXELS (front, mid & rear) and the mid axel retaining pin, in order to avoid confusion. I do have all of the above in stock. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

11-05-2012, 08:03 PM	#2
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Ton Heller, (Lugerdoc) most certainly will have an extra, but I doubt anybody on this site will renumber one for you, as this is frowned upon here. BTW, how did you manage to lose a toggle pin at the Range. The only way for a toggle pin to become lost would be to dismantle the gun. Something not always done on the range.

11-05-2012, 08:55 PM	#4
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	If you are talking about the center pin and not the pin at the rear, this pin is not numbered, so a replacement should be easy. It is hard for me to imagine how it would have simply fallen out, but it is an easy replacement.

11-07-2012, 02:40 PM	#8
tx_oil User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 61 Thanks: 8 Thanked 18 Times in 13 Posts	My apologies. It is 'toggle axle' from this day forward.. __________________ Invest in precious metals: Lead, Brass and Primers