art Buchanan

Have you checked to make absolutly sure that it is not cocked? I have found some Lugers with replaced side plates on which the Luger is acutally cocked after fireing but the sear plunger catches on the lever and remains depressed into the sear and therefore the lever has no surface on which to press on the sear bar. Sometimes adding a bit more bevel to the top rear edge of the lever will fix. After fireing--and if it does not appear to be cocked--remove and repalce the side plate with out working toggle again. Chances are it was cocked and will now fire. I recommend putting one dummy round in clip followed by one live for this test. This will place the dummy in chamber for the side plate test. Hope this helps you.