Finnish Military Lugers

Johnny Peppers · 06-21-2002, 09:41 AM

The topic of the fluted firing pin comes up ever so often, but is there any documentation that the fluting was done to protect the firing pin from a pierced primer? One of the tests given the .45 Luger was to fire it with a pierced primer. The action was found to be normal after the firing, and this was certainly before the fluted firing pins were introduced. All references that I have seen indicate the fluting was done to allow an escape for buildup between the breechblock and the firing pin. One of Georg Luger's patents was for the fluting of the firing pin in a rifle bolt to prevent the obstruction of grease in the bolt assembly, and this was in 1893.

06-21-2002, 09:41 AM	#17
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The topic of the fluted firing pin comes up ever so often, but is there any documentation that the fluting was done to protect the firing pin from a pierced primer? One of the tests given the .45 Luger was to fire it with a pierced primer. The action was found to be normal after the firing, and this was certainly before the fluted firing pins were introduced. All references that I have seen indicate the fluting was done to allow an escape for buildup between the breechblock and the firing pin. One of Georg Luger's patents was for the fluting of the firing pin in a rifle bolt to prevent the obstruction of grease in the bolt assembly, and this was in 1893.