Which steel bends easily?

Olle · 12-06-2012, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

Is there a market for P-38 lanyard loop staples I am not aware of? If so..how did the originals fall off? Were they staked? Peened? I
don't think the Germans didn't use red Loctite..

I don't know if there is much of a market, but I'm not doing it to get rich either. It was more or less one of those "surely enough I can figure out how to make those" kind of projects. But there should be more pistols without lanyard loops than lanyard loops without pistols, as the loops are more easily lost if they ever separate.

They were staked or peened from the factory (have to look closer when I get a chance), but they do obviously come off. They may work loose after while, they may not be peened correctly, could be torn loose by accident, and I know that some were simply removed by owners that didn't like them.

G.T. · 12-06-2012, 10:59 PM

Hi Olli, you may want to leave the ends square as they were a press fit into the holes, then slightly expanded to where they were flush to the inside of the frame mag well, i think the popular thought was that, if a few thousands upset will hold tons of force, anything at all would hold a couple of pounds of pistol... best to you, til...lat'r...GT...

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G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,740 Times in 1,020 Posts	nstallation.... Hi Olli, you may want to leave the ends square as they were a press fit into the holes, then slightly expanded to where they were flush to the inside of the frame mag well, i think the popular thought was that, if a few thousands upset will hold tons of force, anything at all would hold a couple of pounds of pistol... best to you, til...lat'r...GT...