A short honeymoon with the Erfurt

rockman96 · 12-30-2011, 11:08 PM

i took my newly acquired 1912 Erfurt out yesterday to shoot it....I fired off 6 rounds (with a MecGar mag) with no issues, and then it was like the trigger didn't reset or something. The trigger will move what seems like a normal amount of travel, but nothing ever happens. The bolt is all the way in battery, it doesn't matter if it is hand cycled, loaded chamber, empty chamber, with mag, without mag, it won't release the firing pin. So I don't know if it didn't reset, or if something in the trigger mechanism isn't operating correctly. Any thoughts?

I was shooting standard RWS 124 gr 9mm loads, nothing special or potent. I looked over 34 pages of threads in the repair section, but didn't really see anything that sounded just like my problem description. I know it's going to have to come apart, just thought I'd get ideas before I dive into it...I figure someone knows the symptoms, and whether I need to send it off or if it's usually a fairly simple fix(?). I'm good mechanically, but I know my limitations and will find a good 'smith if I need to. Thanks.

12-30-2011, 11:08 PM	#1
rockman96 User Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	A short honeymoon with the Erfurt i took my newly acquired 1912 Erfurt out yesterday to shoot it....I fired off 6 rounds (with a MecGar mag) with no issues, and then it was like the trigger didn't reset or something. The trigger will move what seems like a normal amount of travel, but nothing ever happens. The bolt is all the way in battery, it doesn't matter if it is hand cycled, loaded chamber, empty chamber, with mag, without mag, it won't release the firing pin. So I don't know if it didn't reset, or if something in the trigger mechanism isn't operating correctly. Any thoughts? I was shooting standard RWS 124 gr 9mm loads, nothing special or potent. I looked over 34 pages of threads in the repair section, but didn't really see anything that sounded just like my problem description. I know it's going to have to come apart, just thought I'd get ideas before I dive into it...I figure someone knows the symptoms, and whether I need to send it off or if it's usually a fairly simple fix(?). I'm good mechanically, but I know my limitations and will find a good 'smith if I need to. Thanks.