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C96 ejecting 2 rounds...
Well, my brother and went to the range with my 1930 C96 mauser. After loading 10, but only discharging 9 rounds, we were a little confused. It seems that the old girl kicked out one empty and a live round. Its rare, but it does happen. How does one go about fixing this? It has been rechambered in 9MM, and I have the heavier recoil spring in it.
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You probably need a new magazine follower spring.
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Chris, Unless you modified a standard mag follower, or have a grooved one from an original Red 9, the most 9mm rounds that will fit in your pistol is 9. TH
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Lugerdoc, do you have a picture of a grooved follower that you could share?
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Sorry don't have one, even if I took photos. The groove that I mentioned is just a smooth depression on the right side top of follower, so that it allows a 10th round of untappered 9mm to fit in the same space allowed for 10rds of bottle-necked 7.63x25mm rounds. TH
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Ah, I will run some tests then with loading 9 rounds to see if that fixes the problem. I need test the accuracy with the stock anyway, so 2 birds, 1 stone!
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See when the problem occurs. With all respect to Tom, my 9mm brooms will all hold 10 rounds even without a "dimpled" follower. There was a thread a while back on the "dimple" and why it was there. Perhaps someone remembers it, and can post a link- it may have been here or the other forum.
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Don, I suspose that a shorter mag spring will also allow the loading of a 10th round in the mag. TH
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But I'm thinking the OP's broom may be missing a leaf or two on its spring and thus "weak".
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Chris,
If it turns out you need a new spring and Tom H does not have one here is another source to try. http://www.e-sarcoinc.com/c96followerspring.aspx They are almost always on back-order but I have ordered a couple and they always show up eventuality... It's a really good reproduction spring in my book, not a real common part to find. I believe they stock repro followers as well if needed. |
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I do have a repro magazine spring from Wolff gunsprings on standby. That would be my second guess, but it will require fitting, something that I tend to leave to gunsmiths (even though those are few and between and getting hard to find). I honestly don't mind if it is just a 9 round pistola, I'm just glad to have one that works reasonably.
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It may require nothing at all. All Wolfsprings are marked " may require fitting" or some weasel words like that!
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I have had mixed results with Wolff gunsprings. I think your right, start with 2 and work my way up to 9. If it doesn't work out, I'll try changing springs.
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