First Time Luger Shoot Session

Dwight Gruber · 03-11-2018, 09:49 PM

The Luger has a very odd ejection characteristic. Although extraction is straight up, the ejector acts on the lower right quadrant of the cartridge base (seen from behind). This ejects the cartridge up and to the left, where the shell mouth actually hits the left receiver extension on its way out. On fired 9mm brass you can see a flat spot on the casing mouth where this occurs. Obviously the trajectory from there can be pretty random.

I don't shoot .30 cal., so I don't know how it might affect this.

--Dwight

03-11-2018, 09:49 PM	#5
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	The Luger has a very odd ejection characteristic. Although extraction is straight up, the ejector acts on the lower right quadrant of the cartridge base (seen from behind). This ejects the cartridge up and to the left, where the shell mouth actually hits the left receiver extension on its way out. On fired 9mm brass you can see a flat spot on the casing mouth where this occurs. Obviously the trajectory from there can be pretty random. I don't shoot .30 cal., so I don't know how it might affect this. --Dwight