Luger stove pipes

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Originally Posted by sfnamvet

I have a friend who just got a 1916 Luger in 30 cal. It stove pipes on every round. I gave him some old Remington rounds that I had and he bought some new Fiochi and they both do the same. He had another magazine, same results. You can work the action by hand and it functions perfectly. The fired round stovepipes on the face of the barrel and the incoming round is jammed up under it. Even though we have changed both, I still tend to think it is an ammo or mag problem. Someone suggested that since American rounds are not as powerful as the rounds originally loaded for the Luger, that taking a coil or two off the recoil spring might work. Will either 9mm and 30 cal magazines work equally well in this pistol.
What say you?

thanks

sfnamvet

As far I know, there are no different magazines for .30 cal or 9
mm lugers, they are the same.
I guess, the problem could be the main spring.
But this is a Q for the real luger experts in this forum.