Magazine release

Major Tom · 04-02-2017, 01:30 PM

The magazines for my Luger do not come out very far, about 1/8 inch. Not like the magazines in my 1911 and S&W M&P 45 where those almost jump out. I checked for grip interference and found none. Maybe the spring is too weak? Or is this normal?
What do you think?
Thanks,
Major Tom

ithacaartist · 04-02-2017, 03:59 PM

I think it varies with the mag. as well as the gun. Slight variations in size in mags as well as the mag wells can add up and make them sluggish. Once the release button is held in, there shouldn't be anything to impede it from dropping out. Sometimes the top of the mag has been expanded a tad by use, and this will make a mag drag. You can probably check that with calipers, comparing dimensions at the bottom of the mag shell to those at the top. Then maybe a careful, slight squish in a padded vise or clamp would likely do the trick.

I've heard it said that the expectation of a mag to burst forth from the grip frame when the release is pushed is an American thing, and that Europeans are more tuned in to withdrawing the mag by hand.

Ron Wood · 04-02-2017, 05:59 PM

A Luger magazine that "jumps out" will eventually become a damaged magazine. Be glad it requires manual removal...unless of course you are engaged in combat competition, and in that case you probably should choose another weapon

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kurusu · 04-03-2017, 03:32 AM

The Luger magazines were never intended to pop out like in a 1911.

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Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 484 Thanks: 533 Thanked 228 Times in 125 Posts	Magazine release The magazines for my Luger do not come out very far, about 1/8 inch. Not like the magazines in my 1911 and S&W M&P 45 where those almost jump out. I checked for grip interference and found none. Maybe the spring is too weak? Or is this normal? What do you think? Thanks, Major Tom __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes Last edited by Major Tom; 04-02-2017 at 01:31 PM. Reason: added info

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ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,368 Thanks: 7,432 Thanked 2,611 Times in 1,378 Posts	I think it varies with the mag. as well as the gun. Slight variations in size in mags as well as the mag wells can add up and make them sluggish. Once the release button is held in, there shouldn't be anything to impede it from dropping out. Sometimes the top of the mag has been expanded a tad by use, and this will make a mag drag. You can probably check that with calipers, comparing dimensions at the bottom of the mag shell to those at the top. Then maybe a careful, slight squish in a padded vise or clamp would likely do the trick. I've heard it said that the expectation of a mag to burst forth from the grip frame when the release is pushed is an American thing, and that Europeans are more tuned in to withdrawing the mag by hand. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

04-02-2017, 05:59 PM	#3
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,035 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,242 Times in 1,719 Posts	A Luger magazine that "jumps out" will eventually become a damaged magazine. Be glad it requires manual removal...unless of course you are engaged in combat competition, and in that case you probably should choose another weapon . __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

04-03-2017, 03:32 AM	#4
kurusu User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,225 Thanks: 2,679 Thanked 930 Times in 509 Posts	The Luger magazines were never intended to pop out like in a 1911.