More on mis-firing 1918 luger

[95Rifles]

If you remember my recent post on the above. Last week I had the opportunity to see and fire this old war horse. I was part of a weekend of talks and lectures on Historic weapons (my talk was on the Mosin Nagant 1891 Rifle). Back to the Luger. When fired it cycles the next round but will not fire. What I have discovered is that if you give the gun a gentle tap over the removable panel just above the trigger she will fire. If you cycle the gun by drawing back the toggles she fires every time. If however you draw back the toggles while the trigger is pulled then the gun will not fire without the gentle tap on the side. This area has been cleaned and lightly lubricated. The spring activated plunger that is parallel to the barrel on which the L shaped lever acts is free and seems to have a reasonable amount of force pushing it out. Any ideas as I hate being beaten by a mechanical problem such as this is.

TRhanks

95R