another new luger owner needs help !

Thor · 07-02-2002, 08:54 AM

Unspellable, yes a little hotter load is probably the answer, or at least a first step, but so many people want to shoot the lighter loaded stuff like Winchesters 115 gr Walmart loading. If the gun will not lock back 5 times in a row, when fired with only one round loaded, the load is usually a little weak or ocassionaly there is internal binding, Removing a coil is not a bad thing IF you are trying to get the breech back far enough to lock each time (assuming the hold open is working right) BUT THE RUB COMES, this is not a panacea for all Lugers, you do that to a Luger with an already weaken spring and you run the chance of peening the toggle cams ears. It also is bad when this Luger goes to someone else to shoot and they pick up a box of hotter stuff with a now weakened spring, not the gun will be subject to too much stress. Finding a load that just locks the toggle back that you can afford is ideal. I usually have two loads with me when I head out to go shoot, The standard pressure stuff and a slightly hotter hand load. I seldom need the hotter round. Thor

07-02-2002, 08:54 AM	#10
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 971 Times in 277 Posts	Unspellable, yes a little hotter load is probably the answer, or at least a first step, but so many people want to shoot the lighter loaded stuff like Winchesters 115 gr Walmart loading. If the gun will not lock back 5 times in a row, when fired with only one round loaded, the load is usually a little weak or ocassionaly there is internal binding, Removing a coil is not a bad thing IF you are trying to get the breech back far enough to lock each time (assuming the hold open is working right) BUT THE RUB COMES, this is not a panacea for all Lugers, you do that to a Luger with an already weaken spring and you run the chance of peening the toggle cams ears. It also is bad when this Luger goes to someone else to shoot and they pick up a box of hotter stuff with a now weakened spring, not the gun will be subject to too much stress. Finding a load that just locks the toggle back that you can afford is ideal. I usually have two loads with me when I head out to go shoot, The standard pressure stuff and a slightly hotter hand load. I seldom need the hotter round. Thor __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."