Modern Ammo

JPR · 03-12-2007, 04:08 PM

Thanks for the input. I took it to the range for the first time yesterday. I shot Remington UMC 115gr FMJ Roundnose. Being a little on the safe/paranoid side, I shot the first shot one-handed using the other hand as a shield behind the gun. It felt and sounded fine so from then on I shot normally.
Two hand standing at 25 yds. the accuracy was poor. I noticed it has a hard abrupt trigger pull so I tried benchrest and it was accurate. Perhaps I will want to see about smoothing out the trigger/sear function. It also did feed jam quite often and did not lock open with an empty mag. The problem seemed to be with the magazine seating as tapping and racking usually cured the jams. I only had one stove pipe out of 42 rds fired. All the other jams were failure to chamber jams. The magazine springs are quite stiff. My first post here was asking about them. I then learned that you need a tool to load the mags. I improvised and used a craftsman 3/8 box end wrench which worked well enough. I can't imagine I need more tension in the mag springs, but then again I know next to nothing about Lugers. I appreciate your offer to help with the jams and eagerly await your reply.

03-12-2007, 04:08 PM	#4
JPR User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the input. I took it to the range for the first time yesterday. I shot Remington UMC 115gr FMJ Roundnose. Being a little on the safe/paranoid side, I shot the first shot one-handed using the other hand as a shield behind the gun. It felt and sounded fine so from then on I shot normally. Two hand standing at 25 yds. the accuracy was poor. I noticed it has a hard abrupt trigger pull so I tried benchrest and it was accurate. Perhaps I will want to see about smoothing out the trigger/sear function. It also did feed jam quite often and did not lock open with an empty mag. The problem seemed to be with the magazine seating as tapping and racking usually cured the jams. I only had one stove pipe out of 42 rds fired. All the other jams were failure to chamber jams. The magazine springs are quite stiff. My first post here was asking about them. I then learned that you need a tool to load the mags. I improvised and used a craftsman 3/8 box end wrench which worked well enough. I can't imagine I need more tension in the mag springs, but then again I know next to nothing about Lugers. I appreciate your offer to help with the jams and eagerly await your reply.