Borchardt-Luger Controversy

Johnny Peppers · 08-04-2002, 12:38 AM

Dwight,
You are exactly right in that as long as all the parts of the toggle assembly remain in the same plane, the toggle assembly will not unlock until the toggles bump the ramps on the frame. In fact it only takes the light initial pressure of the recoil spring to keep the toggle assembly in alignment. If the toggle knobs are allowed to raise only a fraction of an inch, which they can do without the breechblock moving, the toggle assembly is free to break at that point. The firing pin spring as well as the recoil spring work in conjunction with each other to keep the toggle assembly held in the proper plane at initial ignition. Also remember that the spring tension of the ejector riding on the breechblock also aids the breechblock in remaining in the proper position even if the two other springs are removed.

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08-04-2002, 12:38 AM	#11
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Dwight, You are exactly right in that as long as all the parts of the toggle assembly remain in the same plane, the toggle assembly will not unlock until the toggles bump the ramps on the frame. In fact it only takes the light initial pressure of the recoil spring to keep the toggle assembly in alignment. If the toggle knobs are allowed to raise only a fraction of an inch, which they can do without the breechblock moving, the toggle assembly is free to break at that point. The firing pin spring as well as the recoil spring work in conjunction with each other to keep the toggle assembly held in the proper plane at initial ignition. Also remember that the spring tension of the ejector riding on the breechblock also aids the breechblock in remaining in the proper position even if the two other springs are removed.