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Eugen's grips and mag have "made the scene"!
They both look great, I'm going to clean the grips with Murphy's, then put a coat of TruOil on them. |
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Zorba, I am glad you are pleased with the mag and grips. I was glad to share some extra grips and mag in my inventory. I frankly had too many. I've been helped by so many good folks on this forum and i saw an opportunity to help another forum member.
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Here's the picture with my other pair of .32s, and Eugen's grips mounted. Turns out the grips that were on it are actually, genuine Franzite! Which means they've been on the gun for some years most likely. Wonder as to the how/why of it all.
Anyway, the gun looks even better in person that it does in pictures, the BBL was dirty but cleaned right up and looks brand new! The piece does have a broken firing pin, which isn't terribly surprising - a re-pop FP is on order. Now this may not be "news" to anyone here, but my research led me to believe that keeping control of the FP and its spring during reassembly can be a chore. Not true - see this short video for details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQ8UTRn6P8 Haven't seen that little detail about the FP spring assembly retaining notch anywhere else - makes it easy-peasy. |
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Looking good!
Life is short when you are an Ortgies FP...and have to do extra duty as an ejector. I bought my 7,65 Ortgies on impulse at a local gun show. After I got it home I discovered that Fred Flintstone crudely brazed the tip back on a broken FP. I replaced it with a fresh repo.
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Update: The Wolff spring kit and the replacement firing pin are now installed - with rather less than the "usual trouble". This pistol is easy to work on, overall. The trigger plunger and spring was a bit of a challenge to get back in the gun, but it didn't take too many references to "The Sailor's Guide" before it was done. Gun is all numbers matching inside, and was very clean except for the extractor spring hole which had some cruft in it. The new springs are obviously stronger than the old ones, probably 96 year old originals. The piece was a bit dryer inside than I would have liked, but now there's a coat of gun oil on everything.
Just need to replace the two mag springs tomorrow, and she'll be ready for a range trip! |
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