Replace P08 barrell

Lugerdoc · 08-25-2009, 09:45 AM

Bjorn, As mentioned above, the correct vise and wrench are essential, and experience. It would be less expensive to have a gunsmith experienced with the work, do it for you. TH

sheepherder · 08-25-2009, 05:54 PM

Just in case you're thinking that you could clamp the barrel in a padded bench vise and turn the receiver off with a Crescent wrench or whatever...

I did just that, some 30+ years ago...

It took me weeks to straighten the twist out of the receiver...

...And I never did trust it after that...

Ice · 08-25-2009, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by postino

It took me weeks to straighten the twist out of the receiver...

...And I never did trust it after that...

How the heck did you straighten it? It gives me the creeps just thinking about that job.

Charlie

sheepherder · 08-25-2009, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ice

How the heck did you straighten it? It gives me the creeps just thinking about that job.

Charlie

I shudder thinking about it too...

One side of the receiver was actually farther forward than the other...Kind of like a "Z"...Plus one side rose up more than the other, towards the back...

I just kept carefully applying pressure, past the bending point, and kept checking with the toggle assembly, grip frame, and toggle axle...

You know that pic that someone posted not too long ago??? Of the receiver broken in several places??? That could have been it...

...Except that I bought a used receiver from a guy who specialized in P-38 parts and sold it with that receiver in it...

I sometimes wonder whatever happened to that P-38 guy...lemme dig out the receipt...

"Harold C. Bruffett, Highland Park, Michigan"
Military Pistols
Luger and P-38 Parts and Accessories

The receipt says $6.00

08-25-2009, 09:45 AM	#1
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08-25-2009, 05:54 PM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Just in case you're thinking that you could clamp the barrel in a padded bench vise and turn the receiver off with a Crescent wrench or whatever... I did just that, some 30+ years ago... It took me weeks to straighten the twist out of the receiver... ...And I never did trust it after that...