Fluted firing pins - Page 2

Vlim · 12-26-2008, 09:31 AM

Mauser did not remove the stepped chamber design when P08 production was transferred there.

Removal of the chamber step was advised as a measure against extracting problems that the wartime laquered steel cased 9x19mm developed in the P08.

Lugerdoc · 12-26-2008, 10:02 AM

Dwight, I agree that tenbears' fractured bolt face area is a result of incorrect head spacing, not gas pressure. I believe that you will find in testing, that the slot in the left side of the breech block does allow for some pressure escape, particuarly with the relieved FP (or striker to be PC). TH

tenbears · 12-26-2008, 11:04 AM

I'm not sure what caused the damage to the breech block if it was a hot load seems to me their would be evidence of damage on the bolt face and firing pin to which their is none. I have given thought that the damage may have been caused by some nimrod removing a stuck extractor that was frozen in place.

12-26-2008, 10:02 AM	#22
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Dwight, I agree that tenbears' fractured bolt face area is a result of incorrect head spacing, not gas pressure. I believe that you will find in testing, that the slot in the left side of the breech block does allow for some pressure escape, particuarly with the relieved FP (or striker to be PC). TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

12-26-2008, 09:31 AM	#21
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	Mauser did not remove the stepped chamber design when P08 production was transferred there. Removal of the chamber step was advised as a measure against extracting problems that the wartime laquered steel cased 9x19mm developed in the P08.

12-26-2008, 11:04 AM	#23
tenbears User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 370 Thanks: 3 Thanked 26 Times in 15 Posts	I'm not sure what caused the damage to the breech block if it was a hot load seems to me their would be evidence of damage on the bolt face and firing pin to which their is none. I have given thought that the damage may have been caused by some nimrod removing a stuck extractor that was frozen in place.