Thanks, Lugerdoc. After posting my last message I looked at this tutorial. On my own I had already gotten the clipped original spring back in the gun and replaced one mag spring, not so easy because of the use of pins. I will try this combo out at the range ASAP. I am not terribly optimistic about being successful, in part because some posters have suggested that the kinds of jams I am having can be caused by a WEAK recoil spring. I don't understand how a weak recoil spring could cause the breechblock to fail to strip a round from the mag. I think the sign of a weak recoil spring is failure to go into battery. Please explain. On the other hand, I do not understand how an old recoil spring could get too strong. My guess is that in Germany after the pistol was reconditioned, the ammo used to test the firearm was a bit stronger than what we have here in the U.S. Since I don't want to use stronger ammo, I have elected to go for a weaker recoil spring.
Thanks,
Vboy
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