Stoeger Luger Malfunction

[John Sabato]

My first suggestion is to remove the sideplate completely...then close the takedown lever. Manually **** the gun (on an empty chamber)... and then trip and release the firing pin by pressing on the sear bar... then repeat this operation... does it ever fail to engage the firing pin and become cocked?

If it cocks the gun every time... then you can presume that the problem lies in the trigger and/or sideplate... trying a different sideplate is a good idea... but since these are hand fitted parts.. it may or may not work. If it does work, then we have isolated the problem to the sideplate... and if it still doesn't work things point toward the trigger or the trigger sideplate combination...

I recommend getting the E-book by Gerard Henrotin on the Luger Mechanicals and studying the trigger/sideplate/sear relationships... it may help you solve your problems and only costs about $8.00 when you download it... Great illustrations and photos of how a Luger "works"...

if you determine any other symptoms that can help in the diagnosis of the problem post them here and I will continue to help out if I can "long distance"