Hi
I have had some problems with my Luger too, with the original mainspring and Sellier & Bellot FMJ 124 grs, i had a lot of jammings with the round stuck half in the chamber pointing half way up. I then bought a Wolff calibration set and put in the 36 Lb. mainspring and changed the spring in the magazine with the Wolff type. The problem was the same with both Sellier & Bellot FMJ 124 grs and Fiocchi FMJ 123 grs, but I had some bullets marked PMC (don't know more about them exept that they are weaker than Sellier & Bellot FMJ 124 grs, but I will buy some of them soon, then i'll know) they don't have FMJ and they performed perfectly. I have bourght another set of Wolff calibration springs (the other set are temporary lost due to moving from apartment to house last summer, hope to find them soon, because the original mainspring is lost too)the funny thing is that if I compare the new Wolff 36 Lb. mainspring to the old Wolff 36 Lb. mainspring, that I have had in the Luger for about 1 year, there is a difference in about �½ inch in length. I now have installed the Wolff standard 38 Lb. mainspring and I will try it out on my next trip to the range. I have changed the springs in my magazines too. My question is: are the Sellier & Bellot FMJ 124 grs and the Fiocchi FMJ 123 grs too "hot" for such and old Luger and should I use the weaker PMC rounds in the FMJ version and then test which Wolff mainspring to use?
I hope my explanation is understandable and that someone can give me an advise, since I don't want to beat up my Luger(G date) since it's the only one i've got.
Henrik
Denmark
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