Is this worth trying to restore? - Page 2

lugerholsterrepair · 06-02-2012, 10:01 PM

Wayne..I think your project is worth looking into..It is certainly not too far gone to get functioning again.

3. The safety just flaps in the wind. Have you had it out of the pistol to inspect it?

#4. The tension pin for the safety lever is GONE By this do you mean the pin that holds the safety lever into the frame?

#5. The grips are almost completely worn smooth and there are letters carved into the left grip.
These can be re checkered by Hugh Clark. He does fantastic work.

The worst part of all this is the barrel and I am sure that can be sleeved and perhaps the bulge turned off on a lathe. I would guess you wouldn't have any more than $6-700 max in bringing it back to shootable condition. Of course there are surface problems that might require deep re finishing..re bluing. Another $500-600 I would guess if you contact Charles Danner.

On the extractor you might want to consider a Swiss re inforced extractor if you want to shoot it.

I guess it might depend on how much you have in it now...

wayne8661 · 06-03-2012, 08:42 AM

I actually have 0$ into it. Anything I do will just be to bring an old pistol back to life. I can honestly say I probably would not shoot it , I just want it to function properly. It is a low serial# 1900 and I think deserves a second chance.

sheepherder · 06-03-2012, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by wayne8661

I actually have 0$ into it. Anything I do will just be to bring an old pistol back to life. I can honestly say I probably would not shoot it , I just want it to function properly. It is a low serial# 1900 and I think deserves a second chance.

My preference would be to get & install any missing/broken parts and clean it good and enjoy it as it is...

Anything else would only diminish its value...

06-02-2012, 10:01 PM	#21
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,763 Thanks: 4,866 Thanked 3,105 Times in 1,429 Posts	Wayne..I think your project is worth looking into..It is certainly not too far gone to get functioning again. 3. The safety just flaps in the wind. Have you had it out of the pistol to inspect it? #4. The tension pin for the safety lever is GONE By this do you mean the pin that holds the safety lever into the frame? #5. The grips are almost completely worn smooth and there are letters carved into the left grip. These can be re checkered by Hugh Clark. He does fantastic work. The worst part of all this is the barrel and I am sure that can be sleeved and perhaps the bulge turned off on a lathe. I would guess you wouldn't have any more than $6-700 max in bringing it back to shootable condition. Of course there are surface problems that might require deep re finishing..re bluing. Another $500-600 I would guess if you contact Charles Danner. On the extractor you might want to consider a Swiss re inforced extractor if you want to shoot it. I guess it might depend on how much you have in it now... __________________ 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."

06-03-2012, 08:42 AM	#22
wayne8661 User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kennett Square Pennsylvania Posts: 591 Thanks: 15 Thanked 334 Times in 104 Posts	I actually have 0$ into it. Anything I do will just be to bring an old pistol back to life. I can honestly say I probably would not shoot it , I just want it to function properly. It is a low serial# 1900 and I think deserves a second chance.