+- Red Dot Arms Forum (https://rdaforum.com)
+-- Forum: Gunsmithing (https://rdaforum.com/forum-54.html)
+--- Forum: Ask our gunsmith (https://rdaforum.com/forum-55.html)
+--- Thread: Luger Repair (/thread-4369.html)
Luger Repair - daveN - 11-25-2024
This was a job that came though the shop here at Red Dot Arms gunsmithing and I thought I would post about it here.
You are looking at the back end of the breech block of a Luger pistol. The pen is pointing to an area that was broken out of the recess, you can see the oblong area that the pen is pointing at. Anyhow, this is the opening for the firing pin to fit into the breech block, the firing pin has a tab on its back side that rotates a quarter turn in its slot and is held in place here. Except with this area broken out, you can see how it can't be held in place.
Now the parts could have been welded, and remained, but the welding heat would have drawn out the temper needed for the part to function correctly. Of course, it certainly could have been re-carburized to add carbon to the weld and harden it and then re-temper it properly, but that is a lot of work and a lot of money.
In this case, a near new original part was acquired and since the luger is a mis-matched parts gun anyhow, no value was lost by replacing the part.