Food for thought: is the luger really a "weak" design?

Vlim · 06-13-2017, 06:16 PM

I did find some notes on Mauser doing an endurance test with an early Mauser Parabellum. They fired 3000 rounds in succession, using multiple magazines. The pistol was cooled intermittantly in a bucket of water

The gun was ok. Only malfunctions were holdopen fails on empty mags. They did manage to break the bottoms of most magazines. Also the width of the mags changed by .3 mm on average.

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06-13-2017, 06:16 PM	#1
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	I did find some notes on Mauser doing an endurance test with an early Mauser Parabellum. They fired 3000 rounds in succession, using multiple magazines. The pistol was cooled intermittantly in a bucket of water The gun was ok. Only malfunctions were holdopen fails on empty mags. They did manage to break the bottoms of most magazines. Also the width of the mags changed by .3 mm on average.