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CAS TOPICS => Gunsmithing => Topic started by: Major 2 on March 01, 2021, 02:31:36 PM
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I was asked to repair the firing pin on a WW2 Bring back 25ACP.
It's Spanish taken from a German Officer as the story goes :-\ ( with proof )
Cute little POS , with a little leather flap holster.
also both grips were broken .... so I set about making a firing pin , easy pizzy and fastened a set of walnut slab scales
The story with provenance made the effort worthwhile
1. The gun and 2. the shirred off FP
3. the replacement FP is made from a drill bit shank
4. The fabricated replacement, some final fitment and polish and Bobs your Uncle
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Everyt WWII vintage handgun was taken off the body of a German officer if in the European theatre and off a Japanese officer if in the Pacific theatre. With all those officers it is amazing they lost the war. :D
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Well Sir I get your drift... :)
But in this case , I never said "taken off the body"
I said "taken FROM" ...There is a photo to show it happened.
The first attempt fit but the FP protrusion was a bit to short, otherwise the fit was good
, I have Turned a 2nd , it needs the slot filed in but should be ample to allow trimming if need be
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Odd in that my dad liberated a little .25 auto from a German Nurse that was very similar to that one. Brought home and rested in a drawer until sold in the sixties. Wish he'd not gotten rid of it.
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here is the Holster that came with it
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handmade firing pin is installed and pops caps
Grips are now fitted, but the owner has the screws (misplaced somewhere ) hence the rubber band to hold them in place
with the gun....
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Hi
That is a seriously UGLY gun considering it's caliber. You'd expect a 98 Mauser, P-38, or Luger to be messy having been carried in the Snow somewhere in Russia or France, and carried at 90 degrees F a few months later, but a .25 is almost an indoor gun.
Later
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No argument here, I has been stored in the holster all these years