Tale of Two Malfunctioning Lugers, actually three Lugers.

gunzilla · 05-25-2004, 12:09 AM

Tonight I had a chance to look at my friends Luger. Another friend had carefully stoned the firing pin sear and that seemed to correc the doubling problem. However, it still fails to extract sometimes. While inspecting the fired cases and the chamber, I can see evidence of a ring about .18" in front of the rifling. This is also evident in a 1938 S/42 that I have and another 1910 Luger in a local gun shop. My Mongrel does not have it. The ring is easily felt with a toothpick and a corresponding ring shows up in the fired brass. Is this feature designed in and intentional? Does it have something to do with delaying extraction until the pressures have dropped in the barrel? Thanks for your collective comments.

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05-25-2004, 12:09 AM	#4
gunzilla User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Tonight I had a chance to look at my friends Luger. Another friend had carefully stoned the firing pin sear and that seemed to correc the doubling problem. However, it still fails to extract sometimes. While inspecting the fired cases and the chamber, I can see evidence of a ring about .18" in front of the rifling. This is also evident in a 1938 S/42 that I have and another 1910 Luger in a local gun shop. My Mongrel does not have it. The ring is easily felt with a toothpick and a corresponding ring shows up in the fired brass. Is this feature designed in and intentional? Does it have something to do with delaying extraction until the pressures have dropped in the barrel? Thanks for your collective comments.