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Model HSC Pistol / Re: Learning to hand polish feed ramp. First time.

« on: February 09, 2015, 12:48:01 AM »

Jim, a miracle happened today. The 40 min. spent on first Hand polishing (or any polishing) of a feed ramp could have helped a small amount. The finest grit sand paper at Loews was 400, used in numerous tiny squares in a small vertical motion, perpendicular to the horiz. machine marks.

As a random combination alternative, used the other aftermarket magazine (but spring felt possibly weaker) and what might be the original recoil spring, leaving the newer Wolff in the bag.

Out of about fifty shots, there was only one FTF (feed). Could not believe it, and maybe it will last if nothing gets changed.
It would be best not to put much wear on a collector gun, but to have it working really well -so far- was rewarding.

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Model HSC Pistol / Re: Learning to hand polish feed ramp. First time.

« on: February 06, 2015, 02:22:51 AM »

jcorl: The objective is only to make this Hsc (my first) fairly reliable, and though it is a collector and many guys seem to avoid using collector guns, it would be much more rewarding if it can be brought up to a fairly operational status. If this somehow works, then the frustration will be resolved. Thanks for the info, but the grips won't be an issue for quite a while...it seems.

My first handgun -the Sauer 38H- was acquired a year ago (age 58), and when the mag is fully seated, in stark contrast to the Hsc, its primary operation is basically perfect, just needs a decocking spring 'touch' by the gun smith now and then.

Having read hours about the WW2 and post-war Hsc types with the notorious unreliability of so many, I will feel fortunate if this machine can be improved to only have a Fail To Feed once every twenty/thirty rounds.

The new (7,65) mag spring  from Wolff will arrive within a day or two. And, instead of only using the Newer recoil spring, a guy at THR suggests using the original spring to change the slide's timing, or other combinations.

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Model HSC Pistol / Learning to hand polish feed ramp. First time.

« on: February 05, 2015, 12:16:47 AM »

We don't have a Dremel or such. A few minutes watching Youtube indicates that a tiny bit of 600 grit sandpaper rubbed with a pencil eraser (as a grip) for a while can produce a much shinier surface, which was done on that guy's PPK's feed ramp.
I've never polished metal or wood, for that matter. But that guy had impressive results.

The problem: my WW2 Hsc has a new recoil spring, which did Not help with rounds constantly hanging up/"freezing" while still partly in the feed lips, jamming the slide. The magazine and gun are very clean and there is a bit of gun grease on the frame's rails. The ammo is new fmj.

A new mag spring is on the way from Wolff, though I don't see how a stiffer spring would help rounds which are only pushed part way forward in the magazine's lips, where they stop.
Is there any problem with hand polishing using 600 grit sandpaper etc? And how about the tiny area on the frame just Below the feed ramp?

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Model HSC Pistol / Re: Dissasembled my HSc, need help!!

« on: January 11, 2015, 12:22:36 AM »

When my Hsc's grips were removed, very gently grazing a moist patch over some parts caused two parts to jump out about a foot! Never happened with Garands, SKS, Mini 30.
But which?    How many? Thank God they landed on the bare wooden floor, and not in boxes full of small gear.

The trigger bar and a very small retainer piece were totally unknown to me. My only other handguns-the superb Sauer 38H and Sig 232- have Never ejected parts. With the Hsc (or any others) I would not have known what was missing.

GHampe: Count me among the group who will never even take grips off this gun again-I will pay a gun smith to do so (held inside a plastic bag to catch anything). Some guys do this when removing grips. Let us know when/whether your Hsc becomes operational.

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Model HSC Pistol / Re: Mauser Hsc is now a jam-omatic with "new" (WW2?) barrel.

« on: January 10, 2015, 02:14:15 AM »

"Roger that" about trying the second magazine. I was a total Dummkopf not to have verified using the other magazine.

It went much better today (2 jams in approx. 30-35 rds.). A seasoned handgun guy at the club saw a jammed round which was barely forward of its normal position in the mag, and suggested that polishing the feed ramp and/or a tighter spring might solve it in one or both magazines.

To polish the ramp, which feels/looks smooth,  Flitz seems popular on Youtube but I don't have a Dremel.
If that doesn't quite solve it, maybe specific modern springs can fit into the aftermarket magazines (?).

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Model HSC Pistol / Re: Mauser Hsc is now a jam-omatic with "new" (WW2?) barrel.

« on: January 09, 2015, 01:27:38 PM »

It is a WW2 version, and both the original and extra slide have the same WW2 inscriptions.
The barrels have the eagle markings.

Thirty rounds were already used in the original barrel Before I noticed that all the brass from the next shots were bulged.

But my question is not about that barrel.
Trying to find a solution to jamming while using this Extra barrel, with no signs (it seems) of any alteration in the frame or feed ramp.

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Model HSC Pistol / Mauser Hsc is now a jam-omatic with "new" (WW2?) barrel.

« on: January 09, 2015, 01:01:08 AM »

Please excuse the long description.
The original barrel's feed ramp apparently was modified, producing Bulged brass. A club member who knows German WW2 handguns told me that "the brass is not supported". But it feeds very well, though I stopped using that barrel.

When the replacement barrel and slide arrived, I saw that the feed ramp looks and feels smooth. The tiny area of the frame's surface between the inserted mag and feed ramp also feels smooth.
 I'm a novice with handguns and my only prev. handguns are the superb Sauer 38H and Sig 232.

Much of the time when the Hsc's magazine is inserted with the New barrel, the round only strips part way in the feed lips, with the slide jammed.
Even when mag. insertion is fine and the first shot is normal, numerous succeeding rounds only go part way fwd. in the lips.
The ammo is recent fmj: Sellier & Bellot 7,65.

Even with this newer barrel in my original slide, rounds are not stripped more than part way forward.
Extra slide/barrel, matching #s 503: "Mauser A.G. Oberndorf a. Neckar". I've recently spent $500 buying this gun and $240 for the extra slide/barrel, though the firing pin is a rare, valuable spare.