My First Luger

Heydrich · 07-03-2002, 11:57 PM

[Curt, the strawed parts are the ones golden yellow color.]

Ah! I see. They look fine on my 1918 DWM. They don’t look like new for sure, but most of those parts are pretty shiny in general. The trigger looks great. I’ll try to post a photo soon. It looks like the elderly gentleman how had it for so many years took pretty good care of it. It’s not import marked. This is something I learned collecting the very few 98k rifles I own, never buy an import-marked gun. The son of the gentleman how sold it to the pawnshop owner mentioned something about a war trophy to him. But I have no idea if it’s a WW1, WW2, or post-WW2 acquisition.

[When you take the top off of the frame, you have to be careful in watching that the fishhook shaped thingy from the top grabs the little ears down below and that is what makes the spring compress and the gun to function.]

I had this problem! But common sense set in and I kept sliding the action back and forth till it caught. It looks like the trick is to slide it all the way to the back, and then hook it in forward wise. But that is a guess. The “fishhook shaped thingy” that is. LOL. I looked at the printout I have for the component parts for a P 08, and it’s not listed. (The fishhook thingy.) No technical name. It’s part 009 on the exploded view, but not listed on the component parts list. I got those diagrams from the “Technical” part of this well organized Web site.

Again, thanks for the advice everyone!

-Curt

07-03-2002, 11:57 PM	#9
Heydrich Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 181 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	[Curt, the strawed parts are the ones golden yellow color.] Ah! I see. They look fine on my 1918 DWM. They don’t look like new for sure, but most of those parts are pretty shiny in general. The trigger looks great. I’ll try to post a photo soon. It looks like the elderly gentleman how had it for so many years took pretty good care of it. It’s not import marked. This is something I learned collecting the very few 98k rifles I own, never buy an import-marked gun. The son of the gentleman how sold it to the pawnshop owner mentioned something about a war trophy to him. But I have no idea if it’s a WW1, WW2, or post-WW2 acquisition. [When you take the top off of the frame, you have to be careful in watching that the fishhook shaped thingy from the top grabs the little ears down below and that is what makes the spring compress and the gun to function.] I had this problem! But common sense set in and I kept sliding the action back and forth till it caught. It looks like the trick is to slide it all the way to the back, and then hook it in forward wise. But that is a guess. The “fishhook shaped thingy” that is. LOL. I looked at the printout I have for the component parts for a P 08, and it’s not listed. (The fishhook thingy.) No technical name. It’s part 009 on the exploded view, but not listed on the component parts list. I got those diagrams from the “Technical” part of this well organized Web site. Again, thanks for the advice everyone! -Curt