Range report 1940 42 code

OD#3 · 09-30-2010, 10:09 AM

Limpwristing is a common cause of many malfunctions with automatics, so I did experiment some with that yesterday. It made no difference how tightly I held the pistol. I even tried holding it so loosely that it was in danger of recoiling right out of my hand. The malfunction rate stayed the same. The recoil spring coil count is between 20 and 22 (not sure if one counts the coils at top and bottom). I know that doesn't mean that the tension is right, but at least it appears to be the proper spring. The rear of the frame shows toggle assembly impact marks, but I'm not sure how hard the toggle is striking it and whether that means that the toggle is bouncing back at too high a velocity. The magazine has quite a bit of up and down play in it, but I got the same performance regardless of whether I let it hang by the magazine catch or pushed up on the bottom of the magazine when firing.

I wish the Mec-gar magazines worked, but the malfunction rate is much worse with them.

09-30-2010, 10:09 AM	#1
OD#3 User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Limpwristing is a common cause of many malfunctions with automatics, so I did experiment some with that yesterday. It made no difference how tightly I held the pistol. I even tried holding it so loosely that it was in danger of recoiling right out of my hand. The malfunction rate stayed the same. The recoil spring coil count is between 20 and 22 (not sure if one counts the coils at top and bottom). I know that doesn't mean that the tension is right, but at least it appears to be the proper spring. The rear of the frame shows toggle assembly impact marks, but I'm not sure how hard the toggle is striking it and whether that means that the toggle is bouncing back at too high a velocity. The magazine has quite a bit of up and down play in it, but I got the same performance regardless of whether I let it hang by the magazine catch or pushed up on the bottom of the magazine when firing. I wish the Mec-gar magazines worked, but the malfunction rate is much worse with them.