More advice needed on Erma KGP68A

Major Tom · 12-10-2019, 04:43 AM

With help from a member here, I got this pistol assembled. The original problem was that a round would not chamber because the breach block did not go far enough back to pick up a round. Needs another 1/4 inch or better rear movement to do that. That was why the pistol was disassembled to begin with. The breach block hits the lower receiver solidly while going back. The caliber is .380. What the heck is wrong?

ithacaartist · 12-10-2019, 10:51 AM

Check that the safety lever is in the "fire" position. When the safety is on, the actions of these pistols will only open part way.

12-10-2019, 04:43 AM	#1
Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 484 Thanks: 533 Thanked 227 Times in 124 Posts	More advice needed on Erma KGP68A With help from a member here, I got this pistol assembled. The original problem was that a round would not chamber because the breach block did not go far enough back to pick up a round. Needs another 1/4 inch or better rear movement to do that. That was why the pistol was disassembled to begin with. The breach block hits the lower receiver solidly while going back. The caliber is .380. What the heck is wrong? __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

12-10-2019, 10:51 AM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,342 Thanks: 7,264 Thanked 2,569 Times in 1,363 Posts	Check that the safety lever is in the "fire" position. When the safety is on, the actions of these pistols will only open part way. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894