A few issues with my 1917 DWM

walleyealx · 01-25-2013, 10:51 PM

I recently purchased this for pretty cheap knowing it would probably be a project. I already replaced the recoil spring with one from Wolff as it had an incorrect one.

As far as this issues:

- The hold-open doesn't hold open. I purchased a new mec-gar mag and it still doesn't lock open. Should the hold-open part lock into place or be able to slide pretty freely around?

- The mec-gar mag pops out when I **** the pistol, the original does not.

- Finally, when I shoot the casing is not ejected. The extractor does pull it out of the chamber, it's just that there's no ejection motion. The shell casing then just slides back into the chamber. Even when I manually **** the Luger it won't extract and I just have to poke the round out. Keep in mind that I was not using Winchester white box, so that could be part of my problems (but I figured I would at least be getting a stove-pipe with underpowered ammo).

** I have yet to test the new mag out with live ammo, so I'm not 100% sure how much of a difference this will make.

This is my first Luger so I'm still learning a lot. Thanks ahead of time for any help.

01-25-2013, 10:51 PM	#1
walleyealx User Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	A few issues with my 1917 DWM I recently purchased this for pretty cheap knowing it would probably be a project. I already replaced the recoil spring with one from Wolff as it had an incorrect one. As far as this issues: - The hold-open doesn't hold open. I purchased a new mec-gar mag and it still doesn't lock open. Should the hold-open part lock into place or be able to slide pretty freely around? - The mec-gar mag pops out when I ** the pistol, the original does not. - Finally, when I shoot the casing is not ejected. The extractor does pull it out of the chamber, it's just that there's no ejection motion. The shell casing then just slides back into the chamber. Even when I manually the Luger it won't extract and I just have to poke the round out. Keep in mind that I was not using Winchester white box, so that could be part of my problems (but I figured I would at least be getting a stove-pipe with underpowered ammo). I have yet to test the new mag out with live ammo, so I'm not 100% sure how much of a difference this will make. This is my first Luger so I'm still learning a lot. Thanks ahead of time for any help.