Toggle Stuck Open?

lugerholsterrepair · 09-08-2013, 03:45 PM

Yes..all true..Look at the right of where the magazine lips/well are and you can see a pretty good run of the hold open and spring. You may be able to see a broken part from there. Either way Tom is correct. Likely what's holding open your bolt is this hold open. Take a thin wooden stick..mayby a popsicle stick or a tongue depressor and push down there. This should release your bolt!
Like Tom indicates..be careful..hold onto the toggles best you can cause when released the toggle/bolt is coming atcha!The stick in the chamber area will help some but it's under considerable pressure.
Let us know how it turns out!

Duckdogz · 09-08-2013, 06:56 PM

First off, I would like to thank you all for the help. I have located the holdopen it appears to be all together (nothing obvious is broken). The holdopen spring pin is still in place and it is all flush against the frame. I've carefully tried pushing it down (towards where the magazine is inserted) on the holdopen where the spring pin connects. It doesn't want to move very far, it easily goes about 1/32 of an inch and spring right back. I enjoy taking this gun apart to clean it, but confess I don't know that much about Lugers. Do I need to actually use some force and push the holdopen down a ways?

09-08-2013, 03:45 PM	#1
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Yes..all true..Look at the right of where the magazine lips/well are and you can see a pretty good run of the hold open and spring. You may be able to see a broken part from there. Either way Tom is correct. Likely what's holding open your bolt is this hold open. Take a thin wooden stick..mayby a popsicle stick or a tongue depressor and push down there. This should release your bolt! Like Tom indicates..be careful..hold onto the toggles best you can cause when released the toggle/bolt is coming atcha!The stick in the chamber area will help some but it's under considerable pressure. Let us know how it turns out! __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

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09-08-2013, 06:56 PM	#2
Duckdogz New User Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	First off, I would like to thank you all for the help. I have located the holdopen it appears to be all together (nothing obvious is broken). The holdopen spring pin is still in place and it is all flush against the frame. I've carefully tried pushing it down (towards where the magazine is inserted) on the holdopen where the spring pin connects. It doesn't want to move very far, it easily goes about 1/32 of an inch and spring right back. I enjoy taking this gun apart to clean it, but confess I don't know that much about Lugers. Do I need to actually use some force and push the holdopen down a ways?