luger feeding problem - Page 2

mccaslyn · 04-26-2017, 04:52 PM

Do you happen to know if the ones from numrich are original. Mine looks straw colored the ones from interarms looks the closest

DonVoigt · 04-26-2017, 07:39 PM

I guess by now you may be wishing you had bought one that someone else had worked the bugs out of?

You can probably fix the hold open if you are handy, rather than keep buying parts, why not just send it to Lugerdoc for a tune up and correction?

mccaslyn · 04-26-2017, 07:52 PM

Yes definitely. It was more of an impulse buy considering it was right around the corner. I may go that route but id like to keep cost down

lugerholsterrepair · 04-26-2017, 08:04 PM

Now is your chance to understand the Luger a little better. Dive into it..figure out what does what and why. Then noodle it and fix the problem. It's not exactly a rubics cube..Action meets reaction. Springs push down or lift up. The knife edge under the bolt that lifts enough to hold it open is a fine line but the flat spring is what controls it. Look it over and slightly adjust it to do the job. It's a life lesson. When it works you will have a sense of pride and accomplishment..or yeah..you could be the kind of guy who drags a bag of parts into the gun shop. That IS one way to go...But just so you know..Sarco, Numrich orIinterarms..it's a crap shoot. Repro parts almost always suck. Likely nothing wrong with yours..just need a tweek. IF your spring is shot or you break it..ONLY get an original. But too..unless your holdopen id chiggered up, chipped or broken..all you MIGHT need is the small flat spring.

To clarify for you the flat spring holds the knife edge holdopen down into it's well, out of the way of the sliding bolt. The follower button, after the last cartridge leaves the magazine, raises up on an empty magazine and pushes the knife edge high enough to catch the slit edge on the underside of the bolt in it's rearward travel it slides over but when it begins to go forward, the bolt is captured in the open position by the knife edge. It's actually fairly simple.

mccaslyn · 05-12-2017, 02:41 PM

Well everyone i am glad to say that today i went to the range and brought the luger. Ran about 125 rounds or so with a total of 0 malfunctions with the bolt hold open working perfectly

the fix was a new hold open spring which has ALOT more tension then the old one

thank you for everyone who has gave me suggestions and tried to help it is appreciated

04-26-2017, 04:52 PM	#21
mccaslyn User Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 85 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 15 Posts	Do you happen to know if the ones from numrich are original. Mine looks straw colored the ones from interarms looks the closest Last edited by lugerholsterrepair; 04-26-2017 at 07:45 PM.

04-26-2017, 07:39 PM	#22
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	I guess by now you may be wishing you had bought one that someone else had worked the bugs out of? You can probably fix the hold open if you are handy, rather than keep buying parts, why not just send it to Lugerdoc for a tune up and correction? __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

04-26-2017, 08:04 PM	#24
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,771 Thanks: 4,922 Thanked 3,123 Times in 1,434 Posts	Now is your chance to understand the Luger a little better. Dive into it..figure out what does what and why. Then noodle it and fix the problem. It's not exactly a rubics cube..Action meets reaction. Springs push down or lift up. The knife edge under the bolt that lifts enough to hold it open is a fine line but the flat spring is what controls it. Look it over and slightly adjust it to do the job. It's a life lesson. When it works you will have a sense of pride and accomplishment..or yeah..you could be the kind of guy who drags a bag of parts into the gun shop. That IS one way to go...But just so you know..Sarco, Numrich orIinterarms..it's a crap shoot. Repro parts almost always suck. Likely nothing wrong with yours..just need a tweek. IF your spring is shot or you break it..ONLY get an original. But too..unless your holdopen id chiggered up, chipped or broken..all you MIGHT need is the small flat spring. To clarify for you the flat spring holds the knife edge holdopen down into it's well, out of the way of the sliding bolt. The follower button, after the last cartridge leaves the magazine, raises up on an empty magazine and pushes the knife edge high enough to catch the slit edge on the underside of the bolt in it's rearward travel it slides over but when it begins to go forward, the bolt is captured in the open position by the knife edge. It's actually fairly simple. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

05-12-2017, 02:41 PM	#25
mccaslyn User Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 85 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 15 Posts	update! Well everyone i am glad to say that today i went to the range and brought the luger. Ran about 125 rounds or so with a total of 0 malfunctions with the bolt hold open working perfectly the fix was a new hold open spring which has ALOT more tension then the old one thank you for everyone who has gave me suggestions and tried to help it is appreciated

04-26-2017, 07:52 PM	#23
mccaslyn User Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 85 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 15 Posts	Yes definitely. It was more of an impulse buy considering it was right around the corner. I may go that route but id like to keep cost down