Breech block not closing

Terry Tiell · 07-04-2012, 11:29 PM

I know when mine had its original main spring it would sometimes hang up the same way you describe yours doing. I replaced all the springs in the gun and polished the feed ramp to a chrome like finish and am able to run as much ammo thru it as I want to with zero problems. After I spent a week fitting and polishing everything inside I took it the range and ran 300 rounds thru it without one single problem. Good luck Olle I hope you get your working as well as mine.

Olle · 07-05-2012, 09:19 AM

The new spring gave it enough force to close, but now I have two other problems:

It's really hard to chamber a round when the mag is fully loaded. The notch for the hold-open seems to hang on the rim on the top cartridge, and it takes a good yank to get the breech block beyond that point. Could be that the feed lips need to be adjusted a bit to get the cartridge to sit lower, so the next step will be to try it with an aftermarket mag and see if it works better.

It fed correctly with just a few rounds in the mag, but the firing pin failed to **** several times. Not sure what's up with that, the sear engages just fine when i work the action by hand.

Back to the drawing board again...

07-04-2012, 11:29 PM	#1
Terry Tiell User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: The Fascist State of Maryland Posts: 224 Thanks: 55 Thanked 26 Times in 14 Posts	I know when mine had its original main spring it would sometimes hang up the same way you describe yours doing. I replaced all the springs in the gun and polished the feed ramp to a chrome like finish and am able to run as much ammo thru it as I want to with zero problems. After I spent a week fitting and polishing everything inside I took it the range and ran 300 rounds thru it without one single problem. Good luck Olle I hope you get your working as well as mine. __________________ Trying to redo grand dads Luger the best I can.

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07-05-2012, 09:19 AM	#2
Olle User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,149 Thanks: 159 Thanked 664 Times in 318 Posts	The new spring gave it enough force to close, but now I have two other problems: It's really hard to chamber a round when the mag is fully loaded. The notch for the hold-open seems to hang on the rim on the top cartridge, and it takes a good yank to get the breech block beyond that point. Could be that the feed lips need to be adjusted a bit to get the cartridge to sit lower, so the next step will be to try it with an aftermarket mag and see if it works better. It fed correctly with just a few rounds in the mag, but the firing pin failed to **** several times. Not sure what's up with that, the sear engages just fine when i work the action by hand. Back to the drawing board again...