1942 Luger Issue

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Originally Posted by dacotua

On my luger if you pull the gun back 7/8" or so, the striker cocks and if I let go, the toggle will stay up slighlty (without a mag inserted).

My failures to go into battery duplicate this position.

This is normal for the toggle to not return to battery if raised enough to c**k the striker and then released. If you are using quality ammo...i.e. WWB, PMC, S and B, etc. then that helps us a lot, although many lugers are ammo sensitive.

I am beginning to focus in on a tired mainspring. Have you, or anyone else ever changed it? springs do lose their strength over time.

If you are trying to shoot reloads in your Luger, stop that for right now, and use only good quality factory 115/124gr RN FMJ ammo. Use the factory ammo as a base/standard and then we can go from there.