Failure to lock back

Lugerdoc · 06-30-2009, 08:20 AM

W2, Sounds like your follower button is loose and need to be reinstalled correctly. PhilO, your fix on the HO spring was just temporary and is locking on recoil. TH

PhilOhio · 07-01-2009, 10:36 AM

Tom,

No, I don't think it was locking in recoil, although I have had that happen with other guns. Every premature holdopen was after ejection of round #7 in the mag; i.e., with one round remaining and the follower button extremely close to the holdopen piece. And holdopen spring tension was actually not even so bad before I stiffened it.

When I tried a mag from my artillery, there was no problem.

Since I adjusted holdopen spring pressure to be the same as on my other two Lugers, and also carefully tweaked the mag lips to match my other original mags in cartridge positioning, I have not had one of these premature holdopens in several hundred rounds. I think the lips were the main problem. With the rolled seam running up both sides of the body, adjusting the lips is tricky.

In that regard, though, I have to agree with those who say that the true fix for any Luger original magazine problem seems to be these Italian Mec-Gar mags. The design lets the lips do a better job of positioning the cartridge correctly, and their springs are fine.

maytag · 12-08-2009, 09:00 PM

So what is the problem when the gun fails to lock back even when you are using Mec-Gar magazines?

RJS · 12-08-2009, 09:33 PM

Mec-Gars are great magazines! I have 3 Beretta 92s and those mags are state of the art. In my Lugers, these perform flawlessly.

06-30-2009, 08:20 AM	#1
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07-01-2009, 10:36 AM	#2
PhilOhio User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 145 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	Tom, No, I don't think it was locking in recoil, although I have had that happen with other guns. Every premature holdopen was after ejection of round #7 in the mag; i.e., with one round remaining and the follower button extremely close to the holdopen piece. And holdopen spring tension was actually not even so bad before I stiffened it. When I tried a mag from my artillery, there was no problem. Since I adjusted holdopen spring pressure to be the same as on my other two Lugers, and also carefully tweaked the mag lips to match my other original mags in cartridge positioning, I have not had one of these premature holdopens in several hundred rounds. I think the lips were the main problem. With the rolled seam running up both sides of the body, adjusting the lips is tricky. In that regard, though, I have to agree with those who say that the true fix for any Luger original magazine problem seems to be these Italian Mec-Gar mags. The design lets the lips do a better job of positioning the cartridge correctly, and their springs are fine.

12-08-2009, 09:00 PM	#3
maytag User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern California Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	So what is the problem when the gun fails to lock back even when you are using Mec-Gar magazines?

12-08-2009, 09:33 PM	#4
RJS User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Vermont Posts: 45 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Mec-Gars are great magazines! I have 3 Beretta 92s and those mags are state of the art. In my Lugers, these perform flawlessly.