heavy duty spring for higher loads?

suum cuique · 08-27-2009, 09:18 PM

I read about to exchange the regular mainspring of the luger for a heavy duty spring. This should help the luger to master the modern /nowaday ammo.
Is this recommended?
Thanks.

Vlim · 08-27-2009, 10:18 PM

Nope.

Hugh · 08-28-2009, 01:26 AM

Actually, modern day ammo is not as potent as WWII military ammo was. Unless you are having function problems, I would stay with the original.

suum cuique · 08-28-2009, 09:56 AM

Thank you all

PhilOhio · 08-28-2009, 10:46 AM

As Hugh said, stay with the original. I would only change springs if you need a lighter one, for using lower pressure target loads. But few Lugers are used for competitive shooting anymore. Once they were.

Potomac, huh? For 25 years I owned a home in the Bannockburn area of Bethesda, 7 miles from the White House and just a couple miles from you...right there smack in the middle of radical anti-firearms whacko land, home of Handgun Control Inc. and the Mike Barnes crowd.

...beautiful area.

suum cuique · 08-28-2009, 10:54 AM

Hi Phil,
yes, a nice area. To have a NRA bumper sticker makes you an exotic guy here...

Sieger · 08-28-2009, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh

Actually, modern day ammo is not as potent as WWII military ammo was. Unless you are having function problems, I would stay with the original.

Hi:

Please provide some specifics, as I am always trying to uncover the facts of WWII ammo vs. Pre-War ammo.

Thanks!!

Sieger

08-27-2009, 09:18 PM	#1
suum cuique User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MD / Currently about 9000 klicks east of the Potomac Posts: 497 Thanks: 108 Thanked 47 Times in 35 Posts	heavy duty spring for higher loads? I read about to exchange the regular mainspring of the luger for a heavy duty spring. This should help the luger to master the modern /nowaday ammo. Is this recommended? Thanks.

08-28-2009, 01:26 AM	#3
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	Actually, modern day ammo is not as potent as WWII military ammo was. Unless you are having function problems, I would stay with the original. __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

08-28-2009, 09:56 AM	#4
suum cuique User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MD / Currently about 9000 klicks east of the Potomac Posts: 497 Thanks: 108 Thanked 47 Times in 35 Posts	Spring Thank you all

08-28-2009, 10:54 AM	#6
suum cuique User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MD / Currently about 9000 klicks east of the Potomac Posts: 497 Thanks: 108 Thanked 47 Times in 35 Posts	Hi Phil, yes, a nice area. To have a NRA bumper sticker makes you an exotic guy here... Last edited by suum cuique; 08-29-2009 at 05:34 PM. Reason: correction

08-27-2009, 10:18 PM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Nope.

08-28-2009, 10:46 AM	#5
PhilOhio User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 145 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	As Hugh said, stay with the original. I would only change springs if you need a lighter one, for using lower pressure target loads. But few Lugers are used for competitive shooting anymore. Once they were. Potomac, huh? For 25 years I owned a home in the Bannockburn area of Bethesda, 7 miles from the White House and just a couple miles from you...right there smack in the middle of radical anti-firearms whacko land, home of Handgun Control Inc. and the Mike Barnes crowd. ...beautiful area.