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Unread 08-07-2015, 01:03 AM   #29
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Default Jams and Weird Magazine-Change At The Range?

Newbie Luger: After test firing my Luger last night, which went well, tonight I had a lot of jams and a very odd thing with the magazine. I could not get the mag out when the jams happened, so I locked the slide back, turned the gun so the unfired round dropped out, then either took the mag out which then was easy and shot again, or sometimes I left the mag in the gun after being sure the round was out, released the slide etc and fired again. The rounds that jammed were half in/half out of the barrel, pointed up I think. Once two rounds fell out, so some kinds of double-feed.

After the last jam and clearing it (the mag was in the gun), I released the slide after the slight pull back, and shot the last two rounds.

But when I took the mag out it was rough, like sand was in the runners where the mag moves up
. Same when I inserted it. It took a slight effort and felt very rough inside the hilt. It was never like this before or after the first cleaning and lube.

I looked at the mag and there are scrapes on the narrow back, running about and inch down from the top. There also looks like in the same place there is a slightly raised area in mid-back of the mag, running the same inch. There are also three little circles, 16th of an inch or so, also in the raised area, and I think they indent inwards.

That raised area could scrape against the hilt's runners.

A guy who works at the range examined the lips and thought there was a slight difference between the two. He also noticed the Follower was over to one side of the
mag on top. I noticed that but the lips: hard for me to tell. He suggested perhaps the follower banged around in there and pushed the back of the mag out a bit at that one spot.

I'm going to use an after-market mag and show the mag that came with the gun to that Smith who knows Lugers, the one I mentioned.

I never had a mag, after a jam and then a shot, suddenly become so much harder to take out or insert and have metal scraping metal.

Pretty weird. Have any thoughts about what's going on: the jams and the magazine scraping suddenly?

Also what's the best after-market mag for a very manageable amount of money?

Last, I noticed the rounds in the mag really point up at a greater angle than I usually see. That the way they are supposed to be?

Thanks if you have any idea what 's going on.
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