M40 Lahti

lugerholsterrepair · 05-26-2011, 08:40 PM

Rich..So you don't think it's spring loaded??? Like a bayonet latch???

No I don't. I am intimately familiar with this type of latching mechanism..the same as a Luger. The latch is activated by rotation. There would be no way to fix a rotating spring in this small space. Nor would it make sense to make such a simple latch automatic. The luger has a simple lever..This one should too but whoever made it left it off and made a slotted head. Only conclusion I can come up with is a screwdriver.

05-26-2011, 08:40 PM	#17
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Rich..So you don't think it's spring loaded??? Like a bayonet latch??? No I don't. I am intimately familiar with this type of latching mechanism..the same as a Luger. The latch is activated by rotation. There would be no way to fix a rotating spring in this small space. Nor would it make sense to make such a simple latch automatic. The luger has a simple lever..This one should too but whoever made it left it off and made a slotted head. Only conclusion I can come up with is a screwdriver. __________________ 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."