1939 Toggle Slide Tolerance

[Eugen]

Originally Posted by johnb55

I have a question for the board about what is an acceptable tolerance for the luger toggle action. I have noticed that when putting the toggle back in the slid it is tight. I have to open the receiver with my fingers to get toggle in. Wondering if anyone has come across this same condition. It's a learning process, planning to stop by local gunsmith for a opinion if it is a problem.

I am curious to know if this is a recent condition with this Luger or is this a new Luger that that has always been this way. As asked above, are all the toggle parts original and matching or was a new part introduced? Have you fired it with this condition? What are the results? The more patient history know, the better the physician diagnosis.

Lastly, as I have learned from my short time on this forum, be very careful about trusting a local gun smith with your Luger. I am not speaking from experience, but from the flood of comments on multiple threads I have read from folks that know a whole lot more than me.