mag popping out proublem
 

i posted in the artillery section about a luger i have...its a 1914 erfurt artillery model....i been thrown alot of offers for it lately...in nice shape and shoots fine..only trouble is..the mag likes to pop out when you shoot it..pops out just a smig when you fire it and misses grabbing the next shell..if you hold the clip in it fires with out a proublem...is this a hard or expecive fix? does it hurt the collector value of my gun alot? it looks allmost new..very little wear..and only pops out when you fire it or hit the clip release

It sounds as though you need either a new MecGar mag for shooting @$30 or a better condition Imperial proofed mag release button for about the same price. I have both in stock. TH

sweet:)looks like i mite have to order a mag release soon...are they hard to install? the lugar i have is nice and clean i been afraid to take it apart..hehe

ps. i think its the mag release..cause i have 2 other repoduction clips and they do the same thing....but i think there low quality clips..ill have to check if the repo have any markings..lol..thx for your time and information

Mike,

If you click on this link the third video from Sep 18 shows how to remove the mag release.

http://www.dropshots.com/dumontc

Hope this helps,

Chris

chris,
Thanks, that's cool, are there any more sites like that?
efm

Gene,

I made the videos for this forum. There are 13 videos in all (I could only put 9 on the free link). The moderator plans to put them on this forum soon.

Thanks,

Chris

thanks all!! some great input..and thats one hell of a good link chris!!....had a tuff time figuring out anything about my gun..i had a hard time finding a artillery erfurt like mine online..couldnt find any info but threw here...ralph world of lugers pointed me here for help a year ago..but im just now getting alot of intrest in my luger..so i thought i better figure out its proublems incass i do sell it..lol..again..thanks a ton for the info!!

429, If your mag release is not flush to the frame on the right side of gun and somewhat loose, all you may need is a new mag release spring @$10. TH

Also, make sure that the mag release catch isn't being blocked by one of the grips. If the grips develop some play, that can happen.

cc..it seems pretty flush with the frame...i think its proubly wore out from all the years..lol..the spring seems ok...but if i have too..ill proubly get the spring and the release and a clip..so i can eliminate alot of issues at once..lol

429,
If you replace them all at once you won't be able to tell us what the problem was, can you replace one thing at a time and check it, then move on the next item........
just a thought....kick it around, I for one would like to know the root cause.
efm