Sadly, I would skip S-469333 for now as there are too many questions and wait for another one with upfront to less to worry about. It also appears to possibly be missing a buffer disk.
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The Journey Begins, wanting to purchase a WW2 era Thompson
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, Feb 05 2019 10:58 AM
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Posted 07 February 2019 - 11:38 PM
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Posted 08 February 2019 - 12:21 AM
Sadly, I would skip S-469333 for now as there are too many questions and wait for another one with upfront to less to worry about. It also appears to possibly be missing a buffer disk.
Speeddemon02,
Where in the photos does it show a missing buffer disk?
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Posted 08 February 2019 - 09:41 AM
First two pics show the pilot extending too far out. Probably assembled wrong - I have done that. The buffer is there in the disassembled views.
Not an issue to worry about.
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Posted 08 February 2019 - 09:53 AM
“........I wonder if Tom was referring to the hole in the front of the sight base spring tunnel.
Does anyone have an original Lyman with that hole? (I don't)”
Yes. I have spares with and without a hole as well as an example with a small rectangular block at the end wall of tunnel boss that is less than half the height of the tunnel boss which is h same as the Colt sight mounts. There is a small hole above the block. The hole allows a small pin or drift to be
inserted into the tunnel to drive out a rusted plunger and spring and to lube theplunger and spring.
The hole in the rear of the tunnel of the pictured gun appears to me to have been enlarged. I have had to drift out the plungeron the Lyman sights of several guns for prepping for rebluing and also have drilled a hole in the rear wall of the tunnel to drift out frozen plunger with the sight off the receiver on at least one gun. FWIW
Edited by Black River Militaria CII, 08 February 2019 - 06:07 PM.
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Posted 08 February 2019 - 11:35 AM
“........I wonder if Tom was referring to the hole in the front of the sight base spring tunnel.
Does anyone have an original Lyman with that hole? (I don't)”
Yes. I have spares with and without a hole as well as an example with a small rectangular block at the end wall of tunnel boss
that is less than half the height of the tunnel boss. There is a small hole above the block. The hole allows a small pin or drift to be
inserted into the tunnel to drive out a rusted plunger and spring and to lube theplunger and spring.
The hole in the rear of the tunnel of the pictured gun appears to me to have been enlarged. I have had to drift out the plunger
on the Lyman sights of several guns for prepping for rebluing and also have drilled a hole in the rear wall of the
tunnel to drift out frozen plunger with the sight off the receiver on at least one gun. FWIW
Black River Militaria CII,
Interesting, never saw that before. Are you saying the hole was factory applied or drilled merely to drift out a frozen plunger and spring by an owner or gunsmith?
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Posted 08 February 2019 - 11:45 AM
Ahh, nevermind about the disk, my browser was only allowing me to see the first picture
