Luger Reliability

DonVoigt · 07-11-2019, 10:46 PM

I could not get TC coated bullets to work well at all- I'd forget even trying them.

Go about the evaluation methodically, use the same ammo in each mag(good idea to number them) you have.
Start with one round in each- observe; then try 5, and finally work up to 8.

I'll bet you find differences in the performance of each mag, with each luger(different in each).

Then change ammo and repeat.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You may have to eliminate one or more mags from use, with either pistol.

I know it is maddening, but tolerances are not your friend in this case. JMHO.

Doubs · 07-12-2019, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by DonVoigt

I could not get TC coated bullets to work well at all- I'd forget even trying them.

Don, I don't know why they don't work for you but I use them in several Lugers and they work fine. Just today I ran two full magazines through a 1917 Erfurt - 16 rounds - and function was 100%. Accuracy was also quite good.

Zorba · 07-12-2019, 01:27 PM

I once shot a couple hundred "Bayou Bullets" - one of the first coated bullets available in the US - through my '40 42 and it *loved* them.

07-11-2019, 10:46 PM	#1
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,355 Times in 2,041 Posts	I could not get TC coated bullets to work well at all- I'd forget even trying them. Go about the evaluation methodically, use the same ammo in each mag(good idea to number them) you have. Start with one round in each- observe; then try 5, and finally work up to 8. I'll bet you find differences in the performance of each mag, with each luger(different in each). Then change ammo and repeat. Slow and steady wins the race. You may have to eliminate one or more mags from use, with either pistol. I know it is maddening, but tolerances are not your friend in this case. JMHO. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

07-12-2019, 01:27 PM	#3
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 952 Thanks: 777 Thanked 528 Times in 290 Posts	I once shot a couple hundred "Bayou Bullets" - one of the first coated bullets available in the US - through my '40 42 and it loved them.