Luger Shooting Failures

Vlim · 09-20-2007, 04:43 PM

Blowing up? No.

The faults I did observe:
-Luger going full auto, emptying a mag in one go.
-Luger firing double shots.
-Ejector breakage (common).
-Luger disassembling itself during recoil. (takedown lever spring)
-Broken parts of front toggle link
-Broken extractors
-Rear toggle link starting to fracture
-Magazine bottoms self destructing (speading the spring and all rounds all over the place)

The luger mechanism keeps the user pretty safe from danger, as there is no slide that can work its way backwards (or a bolt, like on the C96).

Many of the faults mentioned are not new and have little to do with age, but with normal use. Springs wear out, leaf springs develop fatigue, etc..
This happened when the lugers were in day to day use 100 - 50 years ago and it will happen today.

09-20-2007, 04:43 PM	#5
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Blowing up? No. The faults I did observe: -Luger going full auto, emptying a mag in one go. -Luger firing double shots. -Ejector breakage (common). -Luger disassembling itself during recoil. (takedown lever spring) -Broken parts of front toggle link -Broken extractors -Rear toggle link starting to fracture -Magazine bottoms self destructing (speading the spring and all rounds all over the place) The luger mechanism keeps the user pretty safe from danger, as there is no slide that can work its way backwards (or a bolt, like on the C96). Many of the faults mentioned are not new and have little to do with age, but with normal use. Springs wear out, leaf springs develop fatigue, etc.. This happened when the lugers were in day to day use 100 - 50 years ago and it will happen today.