First Luger; having issues

DavidJayUden · 09-25-2014, 08:35 PM

Sounds like too much mainspring to me (or weak ammo). But if you question the hold-open, simply remove it. No harm there.
What ammo are you using?
What did the gun do with the weaker spring?
Also, there are less windings to the .30 spring, so count those on both.
Holding the gun very tightly I assume?
It would be interesting to devise a way to determine how far back the toggle is traveling.
dju

nukem556 · 09-25-2014, 09:22 PM

You may have a weak extractor spring causing the ejection problems. Test the total toggle travel by putting some wet nail polish on the underside of the rear toggle piece tang and a fresh piece of masking tape on the back of the frame and shoot it. If it's marked, the toggle is going back as far as it can go. As far as feeding problems, you may have a worn mag catch causing all or your mags to sit too low...long shot, but hey.

kurusu · 09-26-2014, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by nukem556

As far as feeding problems, you may have a worn mag catch causing all or your mags to sit too low...long shot, but hey.

You could be on to something. These failures to feed really look mag related.

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09-25-2014, 08:35 PM	#1
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Sounds like too much mainspring to me (or weak ammo). But if you question the hold-open, simply remove it. No harm there. What ammo are you using? What did the gun do with the weaker spring? Also, there are less windings to the .30 spring, so count those on both. Holding the gun very tightly I assume? It would be interesting to devise a way to determine how far back the toggle is traveling. dju

09-25-2014, 09:22 PM	#2
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	You may have a weak extractor spring causing the ejection problems. Test the total toggle travel by putting some wet nail polish on the underside of the rear toggle piece tang and a fresh piece of masking tape on the back of the frame and shoot it. If it's marked, the toggle is going back as far as it can go. As far as feeding problems, you may have a worn mag catch causing all or your mags to sit too low...long shot, but hey.