Question about toggle hold-open

4 Scale · 01-15-2016, 09:39 AM

Roger in my opinion your Mauser is functioning within the normal range, at least compared to my own modest collection (which does not include any post-WWII pistols). Overall the Luger action is just not as reliable in terms of feeding and ejecting as more modern firearms.

However I'm always trying to get mine to feed/eject better. Actually I consider trying to make a shooter work more reliably to be part of the fun. I have found trying different magazines to be helpful in that quest.

danielsand · 01-15-2016, 11:38 AM

I have read in many posts (and in this one) about how sensitive, finicky, etc. Parabellums are in shooting sessions. I can't "compare", because I don't have a "collection". All I have is one. 1918 Erfurt (all matching, all original, with original holster Jerry did his magic on).

I am ashamed to admit that I shoot it occasionally. With ball ammo of normal variety. The ONLY ammo it refuses, is steel cased Russian stuff. ANY other brass cased, factory ball 115gr, it digests without any complaints. Never a misfeed, never ANY stoppages. VERY accurate too. It became my constant companion in hiking/horseback riding on my property. I carry it in the US M3 shoulder holster (under the jacket), to protect it from branches, horse tack, etc.

Magazine is aluminum bottomed WW2 variety, but I also have original Erfurt with wooden bottom (which I don't use).

I keep it clean/lubed, and it keeps ticking.

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01-15-2016, 09:39 AM	#1
4 Scale User Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 544 Thanks: 194 Thanked 490 Times in 251 Posts	Roger in my opinion your Mauser is functioning within the normal range, at least compared to my own modest collection (which does not include any post-WWII pistols). Overall the Luger action is just not as reliable in terms of feeding and ejecting as more modern firearms. However I'm always trying to get mine to feed/eject better. Actually I consider trying to make a shooter work more reliably to be part of the fun. I have found trying different magazines to be helpful in that quest.

01-15-2016, 11:38 AM	#2
danielsand User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: SoCal Posts: 137 Thanks: 52 Thanked 100 Times in 43 Posts	I have read in many posts (and in this one) about how sensitive, finicky, etc. Parabellums are in shooting sessions. I can't "compare", because I don't have a "collection". All I have is one. 1918 Erfurt (all matching, all original, with original holster Jerry did his magic on). I am ashamed to admit that I shoot it occasionally. With ball ammo of normal variety. The ONLY ammo it refuses, is steel cased Russian stuff. ANY other brass cased, factory ball 115gr, it digests without any complaints. Never a misfeed, never ANY stoppages. VERY accurate too. It became my constant companion in hiking/horseback riding on my property. I carry it in the US M3 shoulder holster (under the jacket), to protect it from branches, horse tack, etc. Magazine is aluminum bottomed WW2 variety, but I also have original Erfurt with wooden bottom (which I don't use). I keep it clean/lubed, and it keeps ticking.