.30 Caliber failure to feed

w2ec · 06-28-2009, 01:46 PM

My thanks for all the very helpful comments on my problem.

I am going to focus on the magazine as I do recall it seemed stiff and somewhat jerky although not much worse than the mags for my other older personal semi-autos (mostly 1911's in various calibers) which all work fine in those guns, so I didn't do anything with this mag to slick it up. However as this is my first Luger and I'm still learning about them I did not take into account the cycle speed of the action as pointed out by PhilOhio. I can see how my thought that the breech wasn't moving rearward enough, could very easily actually be the fact that it did move fully rearward, but has started its forward movement before a weak/sticky magazine can feed the next cartridge fully up. Can't wait to get off duty so I can get home and clean the mag up. I'll also relube the pistol itself and make sure it is well oiled. We don't oil our duty guns much, we use modern grease on our Glocks and Sigs and I lubed my Luger the same way, light coatings of grease only on friction bearing points. I'll strip the grease and redo it fully with oil as suggested.

I do have a couple Mec-Gar mags on order, but until they arrive all I have to work with is the single original mag that came with the Luger.

I'll post my progress later.

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06-28-2009, 01:46 PM	#5
w2ec User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Apalachin, NY Posts: 12 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My thanks for all the very helpful comments on my problem. I am going to focus on the magazine as I do recall it seemed stiff and somewhat jerky although not much worse than the mags for my other older personal semi-autos (mostly 1911's in various calibers) which all work fine in those guns, so I didn't do anything with this mag to slick it up. However as this is my first Luger and I'm still learning about them I did not take into account the cycle speed of the action as pointed out by PhilOhio. I can see how my thought that the breech wasn't moving rearward enough, could very easily actually be the fact that it did move fully rearward, but has started its forward movement before a weak/sticky magazine can feed the next cartridge fully up. Can't wait to get off duty so I can get home and clean the mag up. I'll also relube the pistol itself and make sure it is well oiled. We don't oil our duty guns much, we use modern grease on our Glocks and Sigs and I lubed my Luger the same way, light coatings of grease only on friction bearing points. I'll strip the grease and redo it fully with oil as suggested. I do have a couple Mec-Gar mags on order, but until they arrive all I have to work with is the single original mag that came with the Luger. I'll post my progress later.