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Unread 11-08-2016, 11:38 PM   #41
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Very cool! Does it have the loaded chamber indicator? It's hard to tell from the pics...I can't see a stock lug either...
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Wow, it looks like new... Congratulations! Marc
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BASED ON THE ELECTION RESULTS, May I recommend that you plan your move OUT of Kalifornia in a hurry. EVEN MORE gun controls passed by the election!
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Very cool! Does it have the loaded chamber indicator? It's hard to tell from the pics...I can't see a stock lug either...
It does indeed have the LCI, but I'm pretty sure no stock lug as I didn't look for one so didn't notice. Its in very good shape, bore looks brand new!
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BASED ON THE ELECTION RESULTS, May I recommend that you plan your move OUT of Kalifornia in a hurry. EVEN MORE gun controls passed by the election!
The countdown continues as it has for some time. 3 months, 3 weeks until the house goes up for sale!
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Default Its here at last!

Here it is at long last - a couple of quick snaps. Bottom picture, original Finnish mag on the left that came with the piece, A separately ordered Swedish mag in the right that actually arrived the same day! This thing is a beast - a moose of a handgun! If you run outta ammo, throw the pistol at the enemy, you're bound to take out 2 or 3 of them!
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Oh, no stock lug. Did I mention this one was an Israeli contract gun?
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At least they got the grip angle right!

I agree... a moose of a gun, and I have seen a moose up close and personal. So close I could feel its breath on me... but that is another story... It is sort of like shooting a 9mm howitzer... Good luck with it. Can't wait to hear how it shoots...
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At least they got the grip angle right!
Yup, just like a ...





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Its a tack driver: 50 rds @ 7 yards today:
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The Finnish magazine that came with the pistol performed flawlessly, and it hold 8 rds. The Swedish magazine that I purchased separately, hold only 7, and for some reason the bottom decided to work loose. I'll have to look into that...
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Default A related downloadable publication

This downloadable publication might be of interest for you.
Thorough study of the Lahti pistol.

http://www.hlebooks.com/ebook/lahtload.htm
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Oh, no stock lug. Did I mention this one was an Israeli contract gun?
Interesting - How do you identify it as an Israeli contract L-35? And does it have the accelerator?

There are a couple new Lahti's being discussed on Still's forum...
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Interesting - How do you identify it as an Israeli contract L-35? And does it have the accelerator?

There are a couple new Lahti's being discussed on Still's forum...
From the serial number and the two little spots where the Israelis removed their markings when they surplussed them out. It does have the accelerator - I've heard a couple of different stories, but I *THINK* all the Finnish guns did.

I'll head over to Still's and see what I can learn...
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They are almost impossible to put back together after a DETAIL strip down to individual parts. J.B. Wood (Firearms Disassembly book author) says almost impossible without a special made jig. A small internal part in the middle of the grip area of the frame is held in place by three springs coming in from three different angles, YIKES, took me 5 hours to do a complete reassembly because of this, never again. BEFORE and AFTER PICS





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And people complain about the Ruger Marks...
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They are almost impossible to put back together after a DETAIL strip down to individual parts. J.B. Wood (Firearms Disassembly book author) says almost impossible without a special made jig.
Interesting; Hoffdchmidt comments on slave pins being used to reassemble magazine catch and spring but doesn't mention the interior parts...Is there a ready-made jig or did you make one up???
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sheepherder, I will look at the book I used and give you more info later.
I had my wife's help holding pins or I would have failed this work.
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Sheepherder, i could not find that exact reference But I did find my vintage remarks on the sear/hammer assembly I had so much trouble with. This is the link to discussion on it.http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...ighlight=lahti
It is not that bad to take apart, damn near impossible to get the sear/hammerspring/hammer back in there. Took me 6 hours, my first P38 took about 45 minutes. Lugers take me around 30 minutes. I would advise against it unless you REALLY need to, then let a gunsmith have the headache. ~Thor~

Here is another good article on this pistol
http://candrsenal.com/disassembly-swedish-lahti-m40/
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Sheepherder, i could not find that exact reference But I did find my vintage remarks on the sear/hammer assembly I had so much trouble with.
Drat! Over the decades, I've had to make up jigs/fixtures for jobs I had or thought I needed, and while I don't recall if I ever detail-stripped my Lahti M-40, I did buy it in the 80's. If I made a jig for it and only used it once, it would still be on a shelf in my basement.

Problem is, I only started marking my jigs/fixtures in the last 10/12 years, so there's a bunch of 'things' that I have no idea what they are for. Here's a pic of some of them; there's another dozen scattered around, hopefully with the projects I made them for.

I was hoping that a pic of a Lahti jig would jog [no pun intended] my memory. Some of these I know what they're for, but like the one at top right - I have absolutely no clue what it is intended to do, or to what...
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