Long Frame Main Spring

aldo35 · 05-04-2015, 10:38 AM

Do all long frame models use a leaf spring?
Aldo35

mrerick · 05-04-2015, 11:14 AM

No. Both the P.04 and the M1900/06 (which used coiled recoil springs) initially came in long frame models. The long frame is identified in the chamber area (between the locking lug of the receiver and the mounting point of the barrel.). The helical recoil spring was a characteristic of the "new model" which followed the original M1900.

Ron Wood · 05-04-2015, 11:58 AM

In addition, all Swiss are long frame but after 1906 they have a coil mainspring.

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,909 Thanks: 1,374 Thanked 3,110 Times in 1,510 Posts	No. Both the P.04 and the M1900/06 (which used coiled recoil springs) initially came in long frame models. The long frame is identified in the chamber area (between the locking lug of the receiver and the mounting point of the barrel.). The helical recoil spring was a characteristic of the "new model" which followed the original M1900. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

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Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,178 Times in 1,703 Posts	In addition, all Swiss are long frame but after 1906 they have a coil mainspring. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction