Occasional failure to fire

[Revolvr]

Thanks for your replies.

I think I have found the root cause. There is a slight amount of left/right play in the slide to frame fit, at the front. I noticed that if I remove the toggle assembly and reinstall the slide and side plate, then I can see the sear operate. I can push on the barrel and wiggle it left and right and see that with the trigger depressed the sear moves slightly with respect to the slide. The sear, being on the end of a lever seems to magnify the effect of the loose frame to slide fit.

If I reassemble, **** it, then push the barrel to the right, the the gun won't fire reliably. If I push the barrel to the left, the gun fires reliably. (All unloaded of course!)

So, I am thinking now before I stone or bend the sear bar, I should take this to a gunsmith and see if the frame to slide fit can be tightened up a bit. I don't think I have the equipment to do this myself.

Is this something a gunsmith can do? Anyone know of someone in the Phoneix AZ area that knows Lugers?

Thanks again,

-- Dan