Help with a Commercial Luger

[Ron Wood]

I have never heard that GT is a pita...he is one of the nicest guys you will ever work with and always gives more than he gets.

[reiver]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

I have never heard that GT is a pita...he is one of the nicest guys you will ever work with and always gives more than he gets.

Lol, I was joking hence the smiley face....figured he'd see that and get a laugh

[tomaustin]

PITA..........Pain In The Ass

I don't know you....But I certainly have never read anything of that description of GT by anyone else on this board.

I am not pleased you would refer to him in that manner and attribute it to "others on this board"........

Tom

[reiver]

I know GT...I was joking..I know he reads stuff here ...we talk on the phone...he has helped me out. I sent him a BDay note (12th)...chill out gents.

Just got off the phone with him...he laughed about it and knew I was joshing. I am sorry I upset some of you.

[Ron Wood]

My apologies, I should have noticed you were joking.
Ron

[reiver]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

My apologies, I should have noticed you were joking.
Ron

None required Ron, perhaps not as obvious as I initially thought.

[reiver]

Moving along. GT supplied me with a very nice Navy rear and offered to mount it etc... I think he sent the nicest one he had. I like to tinker so decided to mount it myself. It took a bit of filing in places to replicate the feel of the original but is not overly difficult.
The barrel is now 11.75 from the breech with a very nice crown.
I tested it with 115 gn. (All), Win. White box, Speer Lawman, and Speer Blazer...the Win/Lawman are 1190-12 ish and the Blazer Brass 1140. It ran perfectly with all 3. Really pleased.

Next comes the front sight ramp, again from GT, that replicates the profile of the original Carbine ramps. He sent this gratis..thanks.

I will have to mod it a bit I think, due to the heavy barrel profile but the Navy rear does stand higher so maybe not much. Anyways, really pleased to have a non firing Luger to work with reg. ammo. Just needed to lose some weight and get a better center of gravity.
I appreciate everyone's input.

[reiver]

Ok, no laughing!
I've been working on the height of the front sight blade and measured 6/8ths of an in. from center bore to top of blade to match the height of the navy rear.
I cut down the junk front blade that came with to the appropriate height and used duct tape to secure it...lol, I know. However, it worked, the front sight did not move during shooting. Six rounds at 30 feet. I'll leave the blade a bit high when mounting as I can always reduce it but a good start point. I live in the country and can shoot on my property.

[Ron Wood]

Rube Goldberg would be proud! (How many of you are old enough to understand that comment? )
Ron

[wlyon]

Me . Bill

[reiver]

Me too Lol...

[hayhugh]

uh huh.........

[Doubs]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Rube Goldberg would be proud! (How many of you are old enough to understand that comment? )
Ron

My father made Rube Goldberg look like an amature when it came to jury rigged concoctions. He kept things running years past the time when most people would have long ago junked them.

When I lived at home, it was my job to dump the wash water after Mom did the clothes. I carried two 5 gallon buckets up a flight of stairs and maybe 100 feet across the yard to dump them; four or five trips each time.

When I left home, Pop ran a garden hose out of the basement window that was attached to a submersible pump. He rigged a cutoff switch that stopped the pump when the water level reached a certain point. The switch was made of a wood base, a float, contact points etc. A counter balance weight was the cylinder from a cap pistol suspended by string. It worked and he used it for years.

[G.T.]

My dad was born in 1917 in a small South Dakota farm town... real small! He grew up thru the depression and they didn't have any electricity on the farm at the time. He rigged up a windmill to an old auto generator from a junk car and ran two copper rods thru the roof to a bulb so thay had lights when ever the wind blew, and that's all the time in SD!
Only problem is when it blew too hard, the generator would over produce and burn out the bulb? His solution was to install a hinge in the back rails of the windmill and install a big coil extension spring in the front. If the wind blew too hard, the windmill would lean back and sluff off energy by becoming inefficient.. a primitive regulator...
They were the only ones in the county that had lights! I miss him.... best, til....lat'r....GT...

[Ron Wood]

Doubs & G.T.
Your stories really made me smile. Over the years I have put together some jury rigged contraptions that looked crazy but got the job done!
Ron

[Doubs]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Doubs & G.T. Your stories really made me smile. Over the years I have put together some jury rigged contraptions that looked crazy but got the job done!
Ron

Thank you Ron. My father was born in 1910 and graduated high school in June, 1929. Like most Depression era folks, he was very self sufficient and frugal.

Let me add that he liked his Lugers and owned at least four or five in the 1920's and early 1930's.

[spangy]

Rube Goldberg CLASS of 1951
Also loved Professor O. G. Wotasnozzle ... anyone remember him ??

[reiver]

Spangy...you and I are in the same class...1951! I forgot to show the string and tape measure I used to figure the center bore to blade height..... string thru the navy rear and then 'eyeball'.... science.

I enjoy doing this stuff like that... makes it fun rather than sending it out. I've drilled and tapped rifle receivers mounting scopes with the string method and it has always worked so far....then again, this is a shooter so what the heck.

It has gone from a 'collector long barrel commercial Stoeger you must have for your collection' (that didn't cycle) to Rube Goldbergs amazing cycling shooter....

[Deputywood]

Dad was circa 1916. Served from 1939 to 1963 in the USAAF and USAF retiring as a Senior Master Sergeant. He understood Rube very well. Dad had an inventive mind and used it profitably with a couple of patents for machinist tools. One that most of you that tap threads in metal would be familiar with, is the piloted tap wrench originally marketed by the Walton Tool Co. I have his prototypes and use them almost every time I fire up my lathe. Yep, I understand. Woody

[Ron Wood]

I am really happy that my "Rube Goldberg" comment triggered some great responses! Thank you guys for supporting my nostalgia.
Ron