Advice Needed

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by Castle

Since my last post a month back, I have tried the three recoil springs in the Wolff pack, and tried Winchester .30 Luger ammo. No success. Luger still fails to load the next round, which jams at the breach almost as though the magazine spring weren't elevating it enough to position it for loading into the breech. This in spite of new MecGar mag, which seems to fit and work okay. When I load a single round, firing, extraction, ejection, and lockback are normal. Any members' thoughts most welcome. Thanks.....CF

Hi,

Short OAL sure sounds like your problem to me.

Please measure the OAL of your cartridges. A length of less than 1.173 inches is suspect.

Also, please read my Sticky, in the Reloading Section, on, "How to determine proper OAL".

Hope this helps.

Sieger

[rhuff]

Sorry to hear that you are still experiencing problems with your luger. Another thing that comes to my mind is the feed ramp. Take a good look at the frame ramp and the barrel ramp. I had a commercial luger that had it's feed ramps cut with a very dull tool/s. As a result, the tool/s left significant horizontal tool marks/ridges in both feed ramps. These ridges slowed down the feeding speed of the new cartridge and caused a jam. I know I may be reaching here, but it is worth taking a look at. You stated that your Luger functioned when you oiled the cartridges, and that leads me in this direction.