Hi!
I finally got the replacement piston detent spring. I used a punch to remove the pin, but didn't know that the piston was not symmetrical and thus I did not mark the orientation.
The front of the piston, near the pivot point is angled and there are two possible ways to put the piston in:
#1, in which the slightly longer edge is down. If you hold the slide facing "Heckler & Koch" marking (left side), the angle on the piston close to the pivot point points to 1 o'clock (or to the breech).
The other way (#2) is with the longer edge up, and holding the slide the same as above, the angle would point to something like 11 o'clock or toward the front of the gun.
I installed mine by using #1 orientation, and the piston can drop down some 30 degrees below the horizontal axis, and pivot up until it hits the top of the slide.
Can someone who knows P7s tell me if I did installation of the piston using a correct orientation or not?
Thanks!!!
I finally got the replacement piston detent spring. I used a punch to remove the pin, but didn't know that the piston was not symmetrical and thus I did not mark the orientation.
The front of the piston, near the pivot point is angled and there are two possible ways to put the piston in:
#1, in which the slightly longer edge is down. If you hold the slide facing "Heckler & Koch" marking (left side), the angle on the piston close to the pivot point points to 1 o'clock (or to the breech).
The other way (#2) is with the longer edge up, and holding the slide the same as above, the angle would point to something like 11 o'clock or toward the front of the gun.
I installed mine by using #1 orientation, and the piston can drop down some 30 degrees below the horizontal axis, and pivot up until it hits the top of the slide.
Can someone who knows P7s tell me if I did installation of the piston using a correct orientation or not?
Thanks!!!