My P08 model 42 is suffering from jams :(

Dipp · 11-10-2003, 07:15 PM

Hi guys, I have a Luger that was jamming almost every time, another mag worked fine so obviously it was the mag. Now get this......... a gun smith I know told me to close up the throat (where the bullet rest) a little on the offending mag. I measured them both with some calipers, the bad one was open wider. I close it up to match the good one only .010 of an inch. It was like magic, I couldn't beleive it. That mag never jammed again. It was letting the bullet ride a little to high so when the bolt slammed it forward it was hitting at the top of the chamber. Rarely is it the ammo, usually something with the mag. Hope this helps someone, Dipp

11-10-2003, 07:15 PM	#36
Dipp User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Southeast USA Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi guys, I have a Luger that was jamming almost every time, another mag worked fine so obviously it was the mag. Now get this......... a gun smith I know told me to close up the throat (where the bullet rest) a little on the offending mag. I measured them both with some calipers, the bad one was open wider. I close it up to match the good one only .010 of an inch. It was like magic, I couldn't beleive it. That mag never jammed again. It was letting the bullet ride a little to high so when the bolt slammed it forward it was hitting at the top of the chamber. Rarely is it the ammo, usually something with the mag. Hope this helps someone, Dipp __________________ Dipp