Feg Pistol Expertise needed - The Firearms Forum

thedudeabides · 01-02-2012, 03:12 PM

I recently acquired A Hungarian Feg SMC-380 Pistol. It looks a lot like a smaller Walther, but I believe it's design has some differences.

Anyway, This pistol has a very bad habit of locking the slide in the open position before the clip is totally exhausted. This leads to a very nasty jam that makes it very hard to clear. Studying the diagrams I see a listing for a Slide Stop Spring but no real illustration.

When I field strip the pistol it breaks down to the following components:

Slide
Frame- Barrel assembly
Recoil Spring
Slide Stop lever

My theory is that the previous owner had lost the spring long ago and deemed the pistol defective becouse he never noticed losing the spring.

I believe this spring is V shaped but I have no ideal where I might be able to pick one up at since hardly anybody I talk to have even heard of Feg, let alone This particular model.

Any help verifying my problem and directing me to a seller would be greatly appreciated!

dustydog · 01-02-2012, 05:06 PM

Check the diagram for the PA63,should show the spring,and will be the same style/size as your SMC

thedudeabides · 01-03-2012, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dustydog

Check the diagram for the PA63,should show the spring,and will be the same style/size as your SMC

I have been using the PA63 manuals diagram and I cannot see where this spring is or where it fits into the pistol. I am not even sure if the slide stop lever should come out during a general field strip but it does.

On the diagram:

38 is the slide stop
37 is the slide stop spring (but I don't see a sketch of the parts shape)

thedudeabides · 01-03-2012, 09:42 PM

whoops, I meant 37 slide stop, 38 the spring

Sorry.

Jim Hauff · 01-04-2012, 12:38 PM

The slide stop spring is the little 'V' spring shown next to number 38.

01-02-2012, 03:12 PM	#1
thedudeabides Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3	Feg Pistol Expertise needed I recently acquired A Hungarian Feg SMC-380 Pistol. It looks a lot like a smaller Walther, but I believe it's design has some differences. Anyway, This pistol has a very bad habit of locking the slide in the open position before the clip is totally exhausted. This leads to a very nasty jam that makes it very hard to clear. Studying the diagrams I see a listing for a Slide Stop Spring but no real illustration. When I field strip the pistol it breaks down to the following components: Slide Frame- Barrel assembly Recoil Spring Slide Stop lever My theory is that the previous owner had lost the spring long ago and deemed the pistol defective becouse he never noticed losing the spring. I believe this spring is V shaped but I have no ideal where I might be able to pick one up at since hardly anybody I talk to have even heard of Feg, let alone This particular model. Any help verifying my problem and directing me to a seller would be greatly appreciated! -->

01-02-2012, 05:06 PM	#2
dustydog V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 206	Re: Feg Pistol Expertise needed Check the diagram for the PA63,should show the spring,and will be the same style/size as your SMC __________________ EVOLVE,D**N IT! "Lee,you are a man without a country.A gun loving,agnostic,Objectivist social liberal that beleves in personal responsibility.Let's go shoot."Jim Kiley,co-founder of the New England Lead Biscuit Society,1992

01-03-2012, 09:42 PM	#4
thedudeabides Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3	Re: Feg Pistol Expertise needed whoops, I meant 37 slide stop, 38 the spring Sorry.

01-04-2012, 12:38 PM	#5
Jim Hauff Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 2,980	Re: Feg Pistol Expertise needed The slide stop spring is the little 'V' spring shown next to number 38. __________________ Jim Hauff ~ H&R Collector In Memory of Bill Goforth and Jim Ritchie