I have a Luger that I inherited from my wife's grandfather. Although he was in Germanyicon during WW2, this piece wasn't a bring back, but was actually given to him by my wife's aunt's previous husband, who was a collector. The guy was a philanderer, and during/after the divorce actually asked my wife's granddad for the Luger back, and was promptly told to go to hell. That's the story.

My wife's aunt had the piece examined by a gunsmith at some point who recommended replacing the main spring.

I'd thought of just getting a replacement kit and replacing all of the springs.

I wondered if anyone had undertaken this, and what should be watched for, and if any special tools were needed for the mainspring itself?

Thanks for any advice on this project. Also, if any kit is better, I'd like to hear that as well. I have looked at some on both Gunbroker and Ebay. I think Wolff makes a kit for this.

This particular Luger appears to be a hodge podge of commercial and military parts, and also appears to have had the barrel replaced with a 6" barrel at some point; which has a different finish than the frame. Some of the parts have the characteristic serial number marks, but the receiver itself is undated; the toggle has a DWM sigil, but I think is a replacement. I really have no idea exactly what is original to the gun, not being an expert.

I have one other Luger that is a Sarco Inc import with only one part of the toggle keeping it from being all matching, and is a nazi era 1940 dated model. This one has some of the characteristics of the 1940 military model but doesn't have the serials stamped at all locations my 1940 example does.
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