First post/First Luger/First problem

PAcanis · 12-25-2013, 01:40 PM

Thanks, Nuken. I'll do a search.

I did take the sear bar, trigger bar or whatever it's called out. Same as before, everything was clean as a bean. I oiled everything up and put the pistol back together nad the trigger fired fine... then it didn't. Without sitting here and dry firing it two dozen times I was able to see that now sometimes it works fine and sometimes it doesn't. So oiling at least helped some.

I tried your test and cannot see the sideplate move, even the times it did not want to fire. Nor can I feel it move, but when I put pressure on the tab under the takedown lever it fired fine the one time, so I think you nailed it. Plus it is really worn in that area. There seems to have been a lot of friction between the tabe and takedown lever.
I'll bet this fixes it right up. Thanks for the advice.

Now... can I throw in a second problem?
Since I was sitting at my bench and somewhat detail stripping it, I looked for more serial numbers. Checked the firing pin out and that was numbered. That lead me to the grips. The one came off with a little finger pressure inside the magwell. The other came right off. There's a reason it fell off as soom as I took the screw out. It has a crack on the inside of it. Darn near through to the outside, but completely un-noticeable from the outside.
I'm not sure if I should leave it alone or repair it. I would hate for it to completely crack if I don't do anything. I guess it was a good thing it's not firing or the crack may have gone unnoticed until it was too late.
I'm thinking a little acra-glas would repair it so it doesn't keep cracking, but it's a Luger, not the forearm on a Mosin Nagant.

What is the general consensus on this?

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12-25-2013, 01:40 PM	#22
PAcanis User Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks, Nuken. I'll do a search. I did take the sear bar, trigger bar or whatever it's called out. Same as before, everything was clean as a bean. I oiled everything up and put the pistol back together nad the trigger fired fine... then it didn't. Without sitting here and dry firing it two dozen times I was able to see that now sometimes it works fine and sometimes it doesn't. So oiling at least helped some. I tried your test and cannot see the sideplate move, even the times it did not want to fire. Nor can I feel it move, but when I put pressure on the tab under the takedown lever it fired fine the one time, so I think you nailed it. Plus it is really worn in that area. There seems to have been a lot of friction between the tabe and takedown lever. I'll bet this fixes it right up. Thanks for the advice. Now... can I throw in a second problem? Since I was sitting at my bench and somewhat detail stripping it, I looked for more serial numbers. Checked the firing pin out and that was numbered. That lead me to the grips. The one came off with a little finger pressure inside the magwell. The other came right off. There's a reason it fell off as soom as I took the screw out. It has a crack on the inside of it. Darn near through to the outside, but completely un-noticeable from the outside. I'm not sure if I should leave it alone or repair it. I would hate for it to completely crack if I don't do anything. I guess it was a good thing it's not firing or the crack may have gone unnoticed until it was too late. I'm thinking a little acra-glas would repair it so it doesn't keep cracking, but it's a Luger, not the forearm on a Mosin Nagant. What is the general consensus on this?