A few issues with my 1917 DWM

[walleyealx]

Originally Posted by Lugerdoc

W, If bending your ejector did not improve things, It may be the it needs fitting. If your ejector is hanging up on the receiver and not going all the way in, this might be the problem. Also your mag catch may be OK and just need a stronger spring @$15 to do it's job. THe hold opens can be tricky, some of the new repros (unnumbered) were not made high enough at the rear to catch the breech block or your new recoil spring may be too powerful for the ammo that you are using. Does the HO work when the toggle is pulled to the rear manually? TH

The hold-open that's in the pistol currently is matching (I'm guessing original as far as I know). The hold open does not work when toggled manually, that's what has me boggled. It seems to function correctly, but I honestly don't see what is supposed to catch on it when the toggle goes back. The slide just seems to push it down so it seems that there is no way for the hold-open to even lock anything back. But... that could just be because I'm such a Luger novice atm.