1917 Artillery problem

Charlie · 01-10-2005, 06:54 PM

I had a similar problem with an artillery that had not been fired for some time. It would **** every time manually, but fail to **** when fired. After comparing the sear operation with another Luger, I thoyght the artillery sear was a little "sluggish" in springing back (I thought the sear spring might be weak). After a dedicated cleaning of the sear, it's worked 100% since. Suspect the sear was just "gunked up" and didn't return to position soon enough to catch the firing pin when fired, but was fast enough for manual cocking.

01-10-2005, 06:54 PM	#9
Charlie User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 10 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I had a similar problem with an artillery that had not been fired for some time. It would ** every time manually, but fail to ** when fired. After comparing the sear operation with another Luger, I thoyght the artillery sear was a little "sluggish" in springing back (I thought the sear spring might be weak). After a dedicated cleaning of the sear, it's worked 100% since. Suspect the sear was just "gunked up" and didn't return to position soon enough to catch the firing pin when fired, but was fast enough for manual cocking.