Luger gunsmithing

rimfire · 08-30-2007, 11:11 PM

Thanks, azlaw for your comments-

The slide was really binding up. I have 5 other lugers and they are all very smooth, I was really puzzled at this, as the previous owner took very good care of his pistols. I theorized that this may have been an attempt at tightening up the action, perhaps bending the frame somehow. My grandfather was a serious target shooter and I suppose if this was a "legal" method of improving his score, he would do it.

At any rate, it was a broken ejector that was causing the stove piping, and now the slide moves freely without binding. I figure the ejector possibly may broke due to the sticking slide. I'm no gunsmith either but on the other hand it's not rocket science to make 2 pieces of metal interoperate properly. A buffing wheel with abrasive takes far less metal off than a stone.

Jim

08-30-2007, 11:11 PM	#13
rimfire User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: virginia beach, va Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks, azlaw for your comments- The slide was really binding up. I have 5 other lugers and they are all very smooth, I was really puzzled at this, as the previous owner took very good care of his pistols. I theorized that this may have been an attempt at tightening up the action, perhaps bending the frame somehow. My grandfather was a serious target shooter and I suppose if this was a "legal" method of improving his score, he would do it. At any rate, it was a broken ejector that was causing the stove piping, and now the slide moves freely without binding. I figure the ejector possibly may broke due to the sticking slide. I'm no gunsmith either but on the other hand it's not rocket science to make 2 pieces of metal interoperate properly. A buffing wheel with abrasive takes far less metal off than a stone. Jim