Various Lugers, a Ruger P89, a High Power, never a failure. Not very many rounds through the High Power which has a 9mm recoil spring in it. The few I've put through it were Fiocchi.
To add insult to injury, I used to hand load semi-wadcutters and full wadcutters for the single Luger I had at the time. Never a hiccup.
I've always said the critical length issue was with the 9mm due to the tapered case.
It's very common to find incorrect recoil springs in shooter grade Lugers. Prior to WWII there was a fad for cutting magazine springs in the 30 Luger. BAD idea.
The bullet catching on the extractor cutout mentioned above I've had with lead conicals in the 9mm.
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