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Broke My New PPK/S!
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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3023771" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>There's a big thread, in fact I think it's a sticky, over on Waltherforums.com about the safety lever on the PP series falling from FIRE to SAFE. Seems that it is usually wear on either the safety plunger or the detent hole in the safety drum itself that the plunger fits into and is held there by spring tension. Some people have replaced the spring to give stronger tension, some say polishing the drum and hammer helps, some say to replace the safety drum and/or the plunger. One of the guys there who is a long time, well established, and seemingly knowledgeable fellow even has a set-up to machine the detent and plunger to a sharper point. I think one guy even superglued or JB welded the dang thing in the FIRE position! That seems a little too drastic or too Bubba-Like to me. On my 1995 Interarms (Ranger) Walther PPK/S Stainless Model, a few years back I began to experience the safety falling down to SAFE when firing and I replaced the spring, plunger and safety drum to cure the problem. I'm thinking I even went ahead and put a new extractor in there since I had it pretty much detail disassembled at that point anyway. This new-to-me blued PPK/S was NOT having that problem of falling from FIRE to SAFE; it just has a broken safety drum itself. Dang old Rangers...that would really suck if that had been a boat made by Ranger that broke in half while in operation!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3023771, member: 10465"] There's a big thread, in fact I think it's a sticky, over on Waltherforums.com about the safety lever on the PP series falling from FIRE to SAFE. Seems that it is usually wear on either the safety plunger or the detent hole in the safety drum itself that the plunger fits into and is held there by spring tension. Some people have replaced the spring to give stronger tension, some say polishing the drum and hammer helps, some say to replace the safety drum and/or the plunger. One of the guys there who is a long time, well established, and seemingly knowledgeable fellow even has a set-up to machine the detent and plunger to a sharper point. I think one guy even superglued or JB welded the dang thing in the FIRE position! That seems a little too drastic or too Bubba-Like to me. On my 1995 Interarms (Ranger) Walther PPK/S Stainless Model, a few years back I began to experience the safety falling down to SAFE when firing and I replaced the spring, plunger and safety drum to cure the problem. I'm thinking I even went ahead and put a new extractor in there since I had it pretty much detail disassembled at that point anyway. This new-to-me blued PPK/S was NOT having that problem of falling from FIRE to SAFE; it just has a broken safety drum itself. Dang old Rangers...that would really suck if that had been a boat made by Ranger that broke in half while in operation! [/QUOTE]
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