How to fix a sloppy safety?

[Olle]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

If the nub was worn you could build it up a little with a small weld and then polish it down so it moves smoothly...

No welder? I can be pretty creative with a car battery and a piece of wire coat hanger momentarily touching the grounded safety lever with the end of the coat hanger that is connected to the positive terminal to the nub spot would leave some of the coat hanger permanently attached to the lever...

but do that at your own risk. Be sure to wear safety glasses and close your eyes just as you touch the spot, because you will experience what is called a BWF (BLINDING WHITE FLASH) when it touches!

John,

The contrast between the Luger's finely crafted parts and the description of your method is... well, stark.

I actually had another idea yesterday: It would be fairly easy to mill the nub off, drill a hole and then loctite a new nub in place. If you want to get fancy, you could even make it spring loaded, like on the Erma LA-22. It would probably take carbide tools to do this, but I figure it would be a pretty elegant solution. I might actually try this on a spare safety lever and see how it works.