Mitchell Luger

shadow · 04-04-2006, 05:04 PM

By Jove I think I got it!!!

I shot a whole box of Winchester 124gr. today and only had two jams in the whole box. Both of the jams were a failure to extract so my next step is to try a new extractor spring.

Ponyman, you were probably correct about the 115 gr. loads not being strong enough, even though the gun seemed to pass several tests that I mentioned above. The Winchester 124gr. seems to have slightly stronger recoil than the 115 gr. and the gun does function better with them.

I wound up using the magazine that came with the gun instead of the new Mecgar magazines that I bought. The new magazines have a much weaker spring and rattle around in the magazine opening when I put them in the gun. I had to put 6 layers of tape on the back of the new magazines to take up some of the slop and to hold the mag forward. Before I added the tape the mag would move back with the action to the point that the action could not get behind the bullet to strip it out of the magazine even with the action fully retracted by hand.

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04-04-2006, 05:04 PM	#24
shadow User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down The Shore Posts: 245 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	By Jove I think I got it!!! I shot a whole box of Winchester 124gr. today and only had two jams in the whole box. Both of the jams were a failure to extract so my next step is to try a new extractor spring. Ponyman, you were probably correct about the 115 gr. loads not being strong enough, even though the gun seemed to pass several tests that I mentioned above. The Winchester 124gr. seems to have slightly stronger recoil than the 115 gr. and the gun does function better with them. I wound up using the magazine that came with the gun instead of the new Mecgar magazines that I bought. The new magazines have a much weaker spring and rattle around in the magazine opening when I put them in the gun. I had to put 6 layers of tape on the back of the new magazines to take up some of the slop and to hold the mag forward. Before I added the tape the mag would move back with the action to the point that the action could not get behind the bullet to strip it out of the magazine even with the action fully retracted by hand.