Ortgies Patent in 380 acp
Has anyone successfully emptied an Ortgies .380?
I have been to the indoor range twice now and the firing pin appears to be geting thrown back so hard that the spring and follow pin are getting jammed in the hollow behind the pin. The result is a slight bulging in the pin that seems to either throw the pin "sandwich" out of the pin groove or just plain jams the action.
I have tried brand new springs, but the buggers are too strong for the follow pin to hold in the groove to get the upper back on the frame.
I'm on my third pin, as the slamming and jamming does cause deformation, and my second follow pin.
This has never happened on any of my three Ortgies in .32.
Is this just bad luck... or is this why DW stopped producing them in 1925?
I have been to the indoor range twice now and the firing pin appears to be geting thrown back so hard that the spring and follow pin are getting jammed in the hollow behind the pin. The result is a slight bulging in the pin that seems to either throw the pin "sandwich" out of the pin groove or just plain jams the action.
I have tried brand new springs, but the buggers are too strong for the follow pin to hold in the groove to get the upper back on the frame.
I'm on my third pin, as the slamming and jamming does cause deformation, and my second follow pin.
This has never happened on any of my three Ortgies in .32.
Is this just bad luck... or is this why DW stopped producing them in 1925?
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I don't have any specific experience with working on Ortgies pistols. But have had a number of similar problems with new replacement coil springs as you describe, i.e.
"I have tried brand new springs, but the buggers are too strong for the follow pin to hold in the groove to get the upper back on the frame."
You might try cutting down the length of the spring, one coil at a time until your able to successfully assemble the pistol.0
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