1937 s/42 p08

[Clint1911]

Thanks for the thoughts! Unless there is an obvious fix, I will send it off to a gunsmith. Jams are mainly extraction or ejection problems, with the casing becoming pinned by the slide. When magazines are inserted, you can move the magazine up and down a fraction of a mm, noticeable compared to other tolerances for this pistol.

It is indeed a precision balanced machine, compared to some of my other pieces from the same era!

I attach a picture of my 1940 Enfield No 2 Mk 1* for comparison, which is obviously British in construction. It was purchased for the fashion statement referenced in the second photo.

Chuck