"New" Leica MP (purchased from store pre-owned) has creaky level when cocked. No hard stop

[giannis]

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One important  datapoint missing, is frame spacing.

If the frame spacing is fine, I wouldn't worry too much about it. If the frame spacing is irregular, then it's a mechanical issue somewhere along the line (lever, gearing, etc.) and should be taken care of, both for practical reasons  right now (avoiding frame overlap) and to avoid potential jams later on.

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[250swb]

4 hours ago, giannis said:

One important  datapoint missing, is frame spacing.

If the frame spacing is fine, I wouldn't worry too much about it. If the frame spacing is irregular, then it's a mechanical issue somewhere along the line (lever, gearing, etc.) and should be taken care of, both for practical reasons  right now (avoiding frame overlap) and to avoid potential jams later on.

I don't think that is an indicator of problems. On all my M's frame spacing can be different if I do one clean sweep of the advance lever or take two bites at it (sometimes two bites is more discreet). And frame spacing can change with the angle of view of the lens, so combine both and results are changeable but not 'wrong'.

[giannis]

 

2 minutes ago, 250swb said:

I don't think that is an indicator of problems. On all my M's frame spacing can be different if I do one clean sweep of the advance lever or take two bites at it (sometimes two bites is more discreet). And frame spacing can change with the angle of view of the lens, so combine both and results are changeable but not 'wrong'.

Obviously there is some "play" with all cameras, but I think both of us can tell when irregular spacing is an issue and not within tolerances. For instance, a 1/3rd of a frame overlap is definitely outside of normal tolerances.