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Broken Browning 32 Auto
sonofvet
Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
WHILE CLEANING MY DAD'S BROWNING 32 AUTO (MODEL 1921)
I DROPPED IT ON A CONRETE FLOOR AND THE RESULT WAS A BROKEN SPRING BASE. THIS IS A 3/16 DIAMETER EAR AT THE BACK OF THE MAIN BODY. THE SLIDE MECHANISM MUST SLIDE UP TO AND AROUND THIS EAR. THE FIRING PIN SPRING IS HELD BY THIS EAR IN ITS RECESSED BASE.
CAN A GUNSMITH REPAIR THIS?
WHERE DO I LOOK FOR ONE?
IT HAS GREAT SENTIMENTAL VALUE FOR ME AS MY DAD (DECEASED) CARRIED THIS IN A SHOULDER HOLSTER, WHILE HIS UNIT (6TH CAV)OCCUPIED POST WWII GERMANY.
I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE OR HELP
I DROPPED IT ON A CONRETE FLOOR AND THE RESULT WAS A BROKEN SPRING BASE. THIS IS A 3/16 DIAMETER EAR AT THE BACK OF THE MAIN BODY. THE SLIDE MECHANISM MUST SLIDE UP TO AND AROUND THIS EAR. THE FIRING PIN SPRING IS HELD BY THIS EAR IN ITS RECESSED BASE.
CAN A GUNSMITH REPAIR THIS?
WHERE DO I LOOK FOR ONE?
IT HAS GREAT SENTIMENTAL VALUE FOR ME AS MY DAD (DECEASED) CARRIED THIS IN A SHOULDER HOLSTER, WHILE HIS UNIT (6TH CAV)OCCUPIED POST WWII GERMANY.
I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE OR HELP
Comments
See if you can hunt up a local gunsmith who's a good welder, perhaps he could work a miracle for you?