Norm, is it that your Artillery won't go into battery while working the action (i.e. you can close it with a push down on the toggle), or can you not actually close the breech?
I had the latter happen to me at the range one day (panicked me pretty good, I was shooting a matched byf41 which I intend to sell), I could not get the breech to close by about an eighth of an inch for love nor money, it was a hard blockage.
When I got home I stripped the gun down and discovered (to my great relief) that the striker spring pin at the back of the breechblock had rotated about an eighth of a turn, and that was what (somehow, I still don't know how, exactly) was blocking the last bit of breechblock travel. Rotated it back into position, worked perfectly.
Frankly I'm very sceptical of a spring problem here, I am in the camp which has it that the springs don't have very much to do with the initial opening or final closing forces on the Luger action. That being said, I hope my situation helps you out, good luck in tracking down your problem in any case.
--Dwight
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