Hello gents!
I have a 60 yrs old Walther PP (ww2 era) and lately noticed the problem with the slide not moving forward enough to actually cock the hammer (sometimes it cocks the hammer, sometimes not) and ALWAYS after the last round's being fired, it remains in the ready-to-fire position (as if the clip still holds bullets).
The gun itself fires and reloads new round properly but it seems to be having problems with moving the slide to it's full limits. My father and me think this might be a recoil spring being too hard, got hardened with a time or something..basically, the slide works properly if you pull it back manually ie. with your hand:
Put the empty clip inside, pull the slide and it WILL remain in that position.
Another interesting detail is, once you release the clip, the slide releases as well, althouth I read this on the:
http://www.universalexports.net/00Walther.shtml
The magazine release is on the left side, and is located near the top front of the grip. The slide will lock back when the magazine is empty, but there is no external slide stop/release lever. To close the slide, a loaded magazine is inserted and the slide pulled back slightly to release the internal catch and chamber a round. Alternately, the empty magazine can be removed entirely and the slide pulled back slightly to release the slide stop to close the slide on an empty chamber.
Apart from the thingie on the left, which goes up if you put the clip in and holds the slide, I don't see anything else on my gun that could actually keep holding the slide once the clip is being ejected?
I could post pictures if you want, I could really use some expert oppinion here (better if you have experience with Walther guns).
Thank you in advance!
Kenan
I have a 60 yrs old Walther PP (ww2 era) and lately noticed the problem with the slide not moving forward enough to actually cock the hammer (sometimes it cocks the hammer, sometimes not) and ALWAYS after the last round's being fired, it remains in the ready-to-fire position (as if the clip still holds bullets).
The gun itself fires and reloads new round properly but it seems to be having problems with moving the slide to it's full limits. My father and me think this might be a recoil spring being too hard, got hardened with a time or something..basically, the slide works properly if you pull it back manually ie. with your hand:
Put the empty clip inside, pull the slide and it WILL remain in that position.
Another interesting detail is, once you release the clip, the slide releases as well, althouth I read this on the:
http://www.universalexports.net/00Walther.shtml
The magazine release is on the left side, and is located near the top front of the grip. The slide will lock back when the magazine is empty, but there is no external slide stop/release lever. To close the slide, a loaded magazine is inserted and the slide pulled back slightly to release the internal catch and chamber a round. Alternately, the empty magazine can be removed entirely and the slide pulled back slightly to release the slide stop to close the slide on an empty chamber.
Apart from the thingie on the left, which goes up if you put the clip in and holds the slide, I don't see anything else on my gun that could actually keep holding the slide once the clip is being ejected?
I could post pictures if you want, I could really use some expert oppinion here (better if you have experience with Walther guns).
Thank you in advance!
Kenan