Gary's Bunker Fixed my Steyr Solothurn MP34

[StrangeRanger]

It had some issues:

The top-cover mounted safety was damaged the first and only time I took it to the range.  The safety was in the off position but somehow it caught the safety notch in the bolt and got pretty thoroughly bent and blocked any movement of the bolt.  The trigger pull was atrociously heavy. The spare bolt has a 9mm Steyr bolt face and wouldn't accept a 9 Para/7.62 Tok sized rim and the firing pin protruded too far.  The extractor in the spare bolt was bent.

The most critical problem was obviously the safety which kept it from running.  I took it to Gary Szechy (Gary's Bunker.)  He said the safety could not have bent like it did if it had been heat treated; turns out it was dead soft.  He straightened it and heat treated it and it now it is strong enough that it cannot possibly be moved accidentally.  He brought the spare bolt into spec and repaired its extractor.  He disassembled and polished the Firing Control Group and brought the trigger pull down to a very smooth and light but safe level.  The gun now runs 100% with either bolt in both semi and full auto.

Gary's turnaround time was unbelievably quick and the cost was surprisingly low. He's got a waiting list but his work is worth the wait.

[Rekraps]

And so.... PIC's?

[StrangeRanger]

Here's the damaged safety from above:

and below:

Here's the bolt face and firing pin guaranteed to pierce primers:

and the extractor that didn't

The safety and the extractor are both springs and I learned the hard way not to cold bend springs.  Gary cleaned the mess up quickly

[StrangeRanger]

Here's the gun:

 

and the Luftwaffe Waffenamt

[DARIVS]

Very nice SMG!