I Give Up on the P08

Michael Zeleny · 06-15-2013, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RAY1946

Mike; frustration is a bad apple! There are very talented and knowledgable guys on this forum who can probably straighten out your problems. Contact one or more of them and find someone to work out your problems and help you resolve these issues. Send them your gun and let them do their magic.

The Luger is a fantastic work of intrinsic mechanical wizardry that sometimes can baffle even the most knowledgable of us all. Keep the faith!..................................

I appreciate the encouragement, but the feeding cycle in a properly fitted Luger is solely controlled by the springs, which I can swap out with the best of 'em. After a quarter century of experimentation, I'm concluding that some combination of chronic bad luck and individual shooting technique is standing in the way of my reliable operation of the standard P08. From now on, it's long barrels and/or 7.65 Para for me.

rhuff · 06-16-2013, 05:36 PM

Mike,

What does the feed ramp on the frame and barrel look like? Why I say that is I have an Alphabet luger that had me pulling my hair out trying to get it to function correctly. I changed springs, mags, mag springs, ammo, OAL and powder on the ammo.......no luck.

I tore the luger down and really gave it a close exam. I don't know if the machine tools that were used on my feed ramps(frame and bbl.) was old, or dull....perhaps both, but they left some serious horizontal tool marks in my feedramps. I used a wooden dowel and abrasive paper(increasing through the grits) and finally put a polish on them.....Viola!!! NOW it is happy, and so is it's owner.

I just throw this out there, if by per chance, it could be part/all of your problem. If not, then it is back to the drawing board.

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06-16-2013, 05:36 PM	#2
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,315 Thanks: 2,751 Thanked 999 Times in 734 Posts	Mike, What does the feed ramp on the frame and barrel look like? Why I say that is I have an Alphabet luger that had me pulling my hair out trying to get it to function correctly. I changed springs, mags, mag springs, ammo, OAL and powder on the ammo.......no luck. I tore the luger down and really gave it a close exam. I don't know if the machine tools that were used on my feed ramps(frame and bbl.) was old, or dull....perhaps both, but they left some serious horizontal tool marks in my feedramps. I used a wooden dowel and abrasive paper(increasing through the grits) and finally put a polish on them.....Viola!!! NOW it is happy, and so is it's owner. I just throw this out there, if by per chance, it could be part/all of your problem. If not, then it is back to the drawing board.