Mike I'm sorry to read through this and see your persistent cycling issue.
I have two suggestions one of which you've likely considered:
1. Find a competent Luger gunsmith and have him look at it.
2. This may be nuts but - given your location in LA, contact a film school and see if they would be interested in filming the action of the pistol in extreme slow motion. Film school=cheap alternative. I'm taking classes at a film school in another state or I'd offer to help you myself on this. I would bet film students might be interested if you described the historical nature of these pistols and their "obsolete"/unique cycling action. Film school students love, love firearms in their short films due to the instant tension generated when an actor starts waving one around. Maybe you could trade use of the pistol as a prop in a student film for the slo-mo footage. Or try to locate some other resource to film the action in slow motion to see exactly what is happening.
Good luck, I admire your persistence. With enough effort you'll figure it out.
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