The Greatest Story Ever Told....

MikeP · 08-09-2011, 04:03 AM

Everybody who is a believer in the sideplate and trigger assembly need individual fitting theory can go stand in the corner.

When I was a senior in highschool I had managed to acquire 3 Lugers.
1910 DWM, 1917 Erfurt. and a very worn 41 BYF.

I mixed up all the parts once and reassembled the pistols randomly.
They did not perfectly interchange and would not function completely in a couple configurations.

I was shocked as I had assumed this was impossible for military equipment.

This was simplified a few years later by a 1st Sgt who informed me that I was not authorised to assume anything.

Friend of mine landed on Guam with the Marines.
He told me he jumped in a trench just as a son of the rising Sun dashed out of a bunker.
The Japanese raised up 1st and my friend has a vivid memory of the look on his face trying to palm off the safety after he discovered it was engaged.
Wierd things happen.

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08-09-2011, 04:03 AM	#8
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	Everybody who is a believer in the sideplate and trigger assembly need individual fitting theory can go stand in the corner. When I was a senior in highschool I had managed to acquire 3 Lugers. 1910 DWM, 1917 Erfurt. and a very worn 41 BYF. I mixed up all the parts once and reassembled the pistols randomly. They did not perfectly interchange and would not function completely in a couple configurations. I was shocked as I had assumed this was impossible for military equipment. This was simplified a few years later by a 1st Sgt who informed me that I was not authorised to assume anything. Friend of mine landed on Guam with the Marines. He told me he jumped in a trench just as a son of the rising Sun dashed out of a bunker. The Japanese raised up 1st and my friend has a vivid memory of the look on his face trying to palm off the safety after he discovered it was engaged. Wierd things happen.