Tuning fork on a Luger??

[landsknechte]

Please be gentle with me if I'm about to reveal profound ignorance here - but why would a Luger have a tuning fork?

--Chris

[kiwicollector]

Where did you hear that? Also do you know what they might be refering to?

Here is a picture of a disassembled luger:


Can you point out the part they might be refering to?

[landsknechte]

Where did you hear that? Also do you know what they might be refering to?

Here is a picture of a disassembled luger:


Can you point out the part they might be refering to?

From a friend that knows even less about WWII firearms than I do:

"My uncle has a luger (spelling???) I haven't a clue where he got it, but there's a weird part in it that looks like a tuning fork.. well, he took the gun apart and actually showed me how he could tune his piano with it."

--Chris

[kiwicollector]

Beats me. Could be that the guy is telling a bit of a tall story. The luger upper action kinda looks like a fork, but I doubt you tune anything with it.

[Bill Grist]

Luger

I would say that the tunning fork part of the luger is the rails on the top part of the luger where the toggle fits. It will chime like a tunning fork if it is hit on something, or dropped..wfg.

[landsknechte]

I would say that the tunning fork part of the luger is the rails on the top part of the luger where the toggle fits. It will chime like a tunning fork if it is hit on something, or dropped..wfg.

Idiot question: which bit is the toggle?

[kiwicollector]

The toggle is the elbow bend with the knurrled knobs for gripping. This is what you pull back on to load the pistol. The above is another pic of the luger showing an overhead view of the barrel and action upper half. The bolt and toggle fit inbetween the 2 arms.

I never realised that that part would chime, also never thought to hit it on something either

If you're interested here's a link on how to disassemble a luger: http://www.gunpics.net/german/p08/p08dis.html

[Dick Pumphrey]

Hi Gentlemen,

If you take the Luger by the barrel (disassembled) and softly thump (strike) the receiver rails against the heal of your hand - it will make a very nice sound not unlike a tuning fork. I'm not kidding. Ok?
Regards,
Dick

[landsknechte]

Hi Gentlemen,

If you take the Luger by the barrel (disassembled) and softly thump (strike) the receiver rails against the heal of your hand - it will make a very nice sound not unlike a tuning fork. I'm not kidding. Ok?
Regards,
Dick

Looking at the second view, the tuning fork assessment makes a whole lot more sense.

No idea if the uncle is at all musically inclined, but his coming across a Luger isn't at all weird, from what I understand. Her family has some rather colorful German roots.

Thanks for the help!

--Chris

[landsknechte]

Just heard back... It's a 1941 BYF with matching serial numbers (except for the magazine), and the original holster.

Apparently it's pretty close to a "D" note, musically speaking.

[kiwicollector]

Just heard back... It's a 1941 BYF with matching serial numbers (except for the magazine), and the original holster.

Apparently it's pretty close to a "D" note, musically speaking.

That's just classic! Now I'm going to have to pull mine apart and give it a try

Sounds like he has a nice pistol to boot!

[fordgpw]

Tuning fork, sorta

Hi Andrew, I friend of mine has a 41byf like mine, and he took it down as I did mine. Holding the barrel and tapping the part the toggle assembly goes you will here the same note on all the lugers. I even tried it on my 1906 Navy. Maybe when the Germans were not seeing any action they would all take their lugers down and play a gothic tune.
Very strange the note being the same, maybe it was a factory metal test, who knows? Regards Danny

[landsknechte]

Hi Andrew, I friend of mine has a 41byf like mine, and he took it down as I did mine. Holding the barrel and tapping the part the toggle assembly goes you will here the same note on all the lugers. I even tried it on my 1906 Navy. Maybe when the Germans were not seeing any action they would all take their lugers down and play a gothic tune.
Very strange the note being the same, maybe it was a factory metal test, who knows? Regards Danny

Your friend wouldn't happen to have the last name Vorberg, would he?

--Chris

[fordgpw]

How did you know Chris?

Your right on the money, how do you know him? Danny

[landsknechte]

Your right on the money, how do you know him? Danny

Now that was a stab in the dark!

HE is the uncle being referred to in the beginning of the thread. I've been friends with his niece Yvonne for the better part of a decade now.

I figured there couldn't have been all that many people in West Virginia that have played a 41BYF as a musical instrument. Although I wasn't expecting to actually be right.

I'm off to go buy a lottery ticket now.

--Chris