Eugen shoots his Luger!

[ithacaartist]

My Texas Stainless 9mm does pretty much the same thing. I marked some rounds for orientation and discovered that they were hitting the left, inside corner of the extension's slots so violently that it raised a burr on one side of that slanted mark. I looked at the extractor, and its claws weren't symmetrical, the left side was visibly longer than the right. I dressed it back with a needle file, and now, although the shells still suffer the mark, there is no burr raised--and I'm happy enough with that. If the brass is just bent, I figure the reloading dies will handle the situation. Replacement parts for the Houston SS Lugers are apparently non-existent, but I was lucky that a Mauser ejector fit in the place of the original stainless part, which had been over-ground, was thin/weak because of that, and bent. Most of these American-made pistols have a reputation for sloppy fit and even sloppier finish, at least-- There is play everywhere, and they're over-buffed to the extent that flat surfaces were made wavy and nice, sharp corners are rare. I understand that stainless steel was a material from which the P.08 was never intended to be constructed, and using it to make the guns was quite a challenge--adventures in tolerances, hardening, and different specs and configurations are displayed by examples branded by the different companies that ordered them (Stoeger, Mitchell).