Loose Breechblock Pin

MikeP · 11-13-2006, 10:04 PM

I was looking at a mismatch shooter the other day and the pin connecting the breechblock to the link is loose enough to slip out on its own when the toggle is removed.
I also have a very nice '17 Erfurt with the same situation.
Is this worrisome for firing?
What is the fix?

Edward Tinker · 11-13-2006, 10:06 PM

In service, they offered slightly larger sizes. I was at a friends house and he had 3 or 4 larger sizes. I tried to get a set from him, but he wasn't giving them up

Ed

Lugerdoc · 11-16-2006, 09:43 AM

Mike & Ed, I've found quite a range in diameters in the standard unmarked ones. I usually just try a bunch until I find one that is tight. The original manufacturers also made oversize axels, marked from 0.05 to 0.20mm oversized. I have never found a luger that would take anything over the 0.05 one. Mauser used a different approach on their post war Parabellum: by dishing out both side of the axel, one could flare out the edges using the correct size pin punch. TH

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MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	Loose Breechblock Pin I was looking at a mismatch shooter the other day and the pin connecting the breechblock to the link is loose enough to slip out on its own when the toggle is removed. I also have a very nice '17 Erfurt with the same situation. Is this worrisome for firing? What is the fix?

11-13-2006, 10:06 PM	#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	In service, they offered slightly larger sizes. I was at a friends house and he had 3 or 4 larger sizes. I tried to get a set from him, but he wasn't giving them up Ed __________________ 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

11-16-2006, 09:43 AM	#3
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	Mike & Ed, I've found quite a range in diameters in the standard unmarked ones. I usually just try a bunch until I find one that is tight. The original manufacturers also made oversize axels, marked from 0.05 to 0.20mm oversized. I have never found a luger that would take anything over the 0.05 one. Mauser used a different approach on their post war Parabellum: by dishing out both side of the axel, one could flare out the edges using the correct size pin punch. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net