Magasine issues

Vlim · 08-23-2009, 12:18 PM

On older magazines (and cheap ones

), the magazine lips aren't hardened and will spread out over time. It was a common problem when the P08 was still in use in the 1930s as well, one of the reasons why the switch to the sturdier Haenel-Schmeisser magazines was made.

When developing the postwar Parabellum, Mauser found that with non-hardened magazine bodies and lips, the lips and even the body itself would deform in as little as a few hundred shots. Mauser's supplier switched to a thicker steel and hardened lips to cure (or at least reduce) the problem.

Ingvarg · 08-23-2009, 12:50 PM

Thanks Vlim. This confirms my theory.

I´m not giving up on this one yet.

08-23-2009, 12:50 PM	#2
Ingvarg User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Iceland Posts: 103 Thanks: 9 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Thanks Vlim. This confirms my theory. I´m not giving up on this one yet. __________________ Regards: Ingvar

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08-23-2009, 12:18 PM	#1
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	On older magazines (and cheap ones ), the magazine lips aren't hardened and will spread out over time. It was a common problem when the P08 was still in use in the 1930s as well, one of the reasons why the switch to the sturdier Haenel-Schmeisser magazines was made. When developing the postwar Parabellum, Mauser found that with non-hardened magazine bodies and lips, the lips and even the body itself would deform in as little as a few hundred shots. Mauser's supplier switched to a thicker steel and hardened lips to cure (or at least reduce) the problem.