Doubling ?

[Dwight Gruber]

Fast Ed,

I'm not quite sure that I am picturing the situation properly. Are you saying that one round discharged -outside- the pistol when it was captured between the breechblock and the breech face?

As far as ejecting two rounds is concerned, my experience may be useful. I had a very cheaply made aftermarket magazine whose feed lips were out of alignment slightly. The magazine tube metal was pretty light and "springy", and if I 'popped' this full magazine smartly into the gun the top round would fly right out of the top of the pistol through the open breech! Although I never had a double ejection on accoiunt of it, I can well imagine it happening under shooting circumstances.

I don't know who the manufacturer of this magazine was--it came along with a Luger I bought--but I would certainly examining the mags you are using, particularly if they are originals. Most rolled steel Luger magazines are pretty worn out by this day and age, and are not suitable for use.

--Dwight