My P08 model 42 is suffering from jams :(

Sieger · 11-10-2003, 07:42 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Dipp:
Hi guys, I have a Luger that was jamming almost every time, another mag worked fine so obviously it was the mag. Now get this......... a gun smith I know told me to close up the throat (where the bullet rest) a little on the offending mag. I measured them both with some calipers, the bad one was open wider. I close it up to match the good one only .010 of an inch.
It was like magic, I couldn't beleive it. That mag never jammed again. It was letting the bullet ride a little to high so when the bolt slammed it forward it was hitting at the top of the chamber. Rarely is it the ammo, usually something with the mag. Hope this helps someone, Dipp<hr /></blockquote>Dipp:

I'm glad that finding that your magazine was not in spec. cured your problem. It must have been off by quite a bit. Over the years, magazines have been blamed for quite a few Luger problems.

My Lugers will not give reliable function with any magazine with ammo that is not in spec. With ammo in spec. I have fired 1,000 rounds straight without any malfunction.

Sieger

11-10-2003, 07:42 PM	#1
Sieger User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,579 Thanks: 2,144 Thanked 402 Times in 251 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Dipp: <strong>Hi guys, I have a Luger that was jamming almost every time, another mag worked fine so obviously it was the mag. Now get this......... a gun smith I know told me to close up the throat (where the bullet rest) a little on the offending mag. I measured them both with some calipers, the bad one was open wider. I close it up to match the good one only .010 of an inch. It was like magic, I couldn't beleive it. That mag never jammed again. It was letting the bullet ride a little to high so when the bolt slammed it forward it was hitting at the top of the chamber. Rarely is it the ammo, usually something with the mag. Hope this helps someone, Dipp</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Dipp: I'm glad that finding that your magazine was not in spec. cured your problem. It must have been off by quite a bit. Over the years, magazines have been blamed for quite a few Luger problems. My Lugers will not give reliable function with any magazine with ammo that is not in spec. With ammo in spec. I have fired 1,000 rounds straight without any malfunction. Sieger