stu Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) Greetings all, I have owned a West Hurley mfgd. 1927A5 pistol with alloy upper receiver for quite some time. The bolt handle has always been loose, wobbly even. I have disassembled it, removed bolt and handle but see no way to make the handle tighter on the bolt. Is something missing? My father carried a M1A1 in WWII and he did not recall any looseness on the side mounted handle. The handle moves so much that it has worn thru the anodizing on the surface and is now showing bare alloy. Any ideas??? Edited December 14, 2017 by stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devious6 Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 The design of the handle is such that you won't have a tight fit - there will always be some level of movement, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black River Militaria CII Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 The handles are simple to make so you could have one custom made that fits to your preference….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devious6 Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Kahr actually sells two lengths - the original and an extended. I put the extended length on my M1SB and it is just enough to overcome the tight spring tension issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsguy Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Hello Was wondering if you could post a pic of the wear on your pistol? Have one and would like to see yours. Thanks Much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassmagnet Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 I've made a couple of charging handles for mine - different lengths. Any friend with a lathe should be able to turn one for you...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Briggsguy, here is the photo of the wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58healeybn6 Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 The charging handle on the 1927A’s are entirely different from the actuator knob on a 1928. The 1927 is a separate piece that fits into the hole in the bolt that the firing pin slides through. It has to be separate to fit over the firing pin which is held in the bolt by retaining pins. The 1928 that your father carried has an actuator (with attached knob).which fits over the bolt. The 1928 fires from an open bolt and the 1927 fires from a closed bolt. Two entirely different systems. That is why our 1927s are loose and the 1928s are not. When a 1927 is disassembled, the knob is pulled up through the hole in the receiver. In a 1928, the actuator with knob is removed from the inside of the receiver. Your charging handle (knob) has to be somewhat loose to slide in. My bluing on my steel receiver is worn also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dokkerdam Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 i have an aluminum 1927ta5 also and my bolt handle is slightly jiggly but it has NOT started to wear the paint/finish on the top of the receiver. Remember the aluminum models aren't blued so any wear shows as scraped paint or whatever the fairly thick coating is on the aluminum. my problem with the TA5 is that the brass cartridges are scraping the paint/finish on the feed ramp inside the magazine well AND then scraping some of the aluminum away. I have put about 600 rounds through it and can tell that the problem will eventually cause big issues if the ramp gets deformed from the scraping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamellarllc Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 On your aluminum pistol how is the wear on the upper part of the ejection port? can you post a pic of that please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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