Second chance Lugers

EOC Bob · 02-17-2002, 08:48 PM

I haven't posted here in quite a while as my "Russian capture" Lugers proved to be quite a disappointment. The 1921 DWM and S42 Lugers I got from AIM jammed consistantly, despite my best efforts, replacing all springs, trying different ammunition etc.

I recently became interested in Swiss weapons and investigated Swiss Lugers. Remembering mine, I dug them out from way in the back of my safe. I then started thumbing through my pistols folder and discovered a Dec. 5 post by John D. that I had printed out regarding trueing the receiver rails by mixing pumice and grease and carefully working the receiver back and forth using the pumice/grease combination. After the process I carefully completely disassembled the Luger and gave it a good bath, then sprayed each piece with Remoil and wiped dry. Reassembled and it cycled 25 rounds with only one fail to load, this from a Luger that previously had never fired 3 rounds in a row successfully. My Lugers have always been my most accurate and comfortable to shoot handgun, dare I add reliability to that.

02-17-2002, 08:48 PM	#1
EOC Bob User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 97 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Second chance Lugers I haven't posted here in quite a while as my "Russian capture" Lugers proved to be quite a disappointment. The 1921 DWM and S42 Lugers I got from AIM jammed consistantly, despite my best efforts, replacing all springs, trying different ammunition etc. I recently became interested in Swiss weapons and investigated Swiss Lugers. Remembering mine, I dug them out from way in the back of my safe. I then started thumbing through my pistols folder and discovered a Dec. 5 post by John D. that I had printed out regarding trueing the receiver rails by mixing pumice and grease and carefully working the receiver back and forth using the pumice/grease combination. After the process I carefully completely disassembled the Luger and gave it a good bath, then sprayed each piece with Remoil and wiped dry. Reassembled and it cycled 25 rounds with only one fail to load, this from a Luger that previously had never fired 3 rounds in a row successfully. My Lugers have always been my most accurate and comfortable to shoot handgun, dare I add reliability to that.