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DonVoigt · 02-09-2017, 06:22 PM

Just beware of shooting "Nato" spec ammo, it is about 20% hotter and should not be used.

Who knows why a pistol failed after 9,000 rounds or 10 rounds? Could be lots of reasons, some ammo related some just a bad part.

I don't understand how the entire toggle could blow back or out of a luger, it just does not work that way!

Someone posted earlier that the toggle is "inherently weak"; that just is not so- it is designed and has worked for millions or maybe billions of rounds in its design lifetime. Nothing weak about the design or its execution. JMHO.

02-09-2017, 06:22 PM	#27
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,356 Times in 2,041 Posts	Just beware of shooting "Nato" spec ammo, it is about 20% hotter and should not be used. Who knows why a pistol failed after 9,000 rounds or 10 rounds? Could be lots of reasons, some ammo related some just a bad part. I don't understand how the entire toggle could blow back or out of a luger, it just does not work that way! Someone posted earlier that the toggle is "inherently weak"; that just is not so- it is designed and has worked for millions or maybe billions of rounds in its design lifetime. Nothing weak about the design or its execution. JMHO. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie