Why is my Luger falling apart?

evbaker · 01-23-2005, 11:17 AM

Okay guys once again the newbie luger owner has a question that you allhave probably seen before. As thor knows, I recently inherited my uncle's 1920 commercial luger. It was a bit corroded in places. The barrel was NASTY! You should have seen the work it took to get it looking to the point where I finally was satisfied I could put a round down it. I have gone through a bottle of Clenzoil and Breakfree to get it all ready to fire. On friday night, my luger and I took a friend (who was ready to dial 911 in case it blew up in my hand) to the range for some test firing. Here are our results:

First round: good! Wow, this thing is accurate!
Second round: stripped from magazine and into breech and mecanism ready to fire, but gun had not recocked. I pulled the toggle back and ejected it and manually reactivated the mechanism
Third round: Good fire
Fourth round Goodfire, but the empty case "stovepiped" except the casing was parallel to the barrel, jamming the mechanism open because it was betweent he breechface and the bolt with a new round below it partially into the breech.
I cleared all of this mess and on round five, the takedown lever dropped to a vertical position and the sideplate fell off.

I know my 1920 is not worth a lot. I have considered having it completely restored, but I am still undecided. I think at least I would like to have it be fully functional. Where do I go from here?

Eric Baker

01-23-2005, 11:17 AM	#1
evbaker New User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Why is my Luger falling apart? Okay guys once again the newbie luger owner has a question that you allhave probably seen before. As thor knows, I recently inherited my uncle's 1920 commercial luger. It was a bit corroded in places. The barrel was NASTY! You should have seen the work it took to get it looking to the point where I finally was satisfied I could put a round down it. I have gone through a bottle of Clenzoil and Breakfree to get it all ready to fire. On friday night, my luger and I took a friend (who was ready to dial 911 in case it blew up in my hand) to the range for some test firing. Here are our results: First round: good! Wow, this thing is accurate! Second round: stripped from magazine and into breech and mecanism ready to fire, but gun had not recocked. I pulled the toggle back and ejected it and manually reactivated the mechanism Third round: Good fire Fourth round Goodfire, but the empty case "stovepiped" except the casing was parallel to the barrel, jamming the mechanism open because it was betweent he breechface and the bolt with a new round below it partially into the breech. I cleared all of this mess and on round five, the takedown lever dropped to a vertical position and the sideplate fell off. I know my 1920 is not worth a lot. I have considered having it completely restored, but I am still undecided. I think at least I would like to have it be fully functional. Where do I go from here? Eric Baker