Brass slinging

Major Tom · 03-11-2018, 03:31 PM

My 30 cal. luger ejects the brass way out there. The brass goes quite high, slightly to the right and lands about 15 feet behind me. The brass is not marred in any way tho. Just a pita to retrieve from atop the range roof. Is this normal? I am firing Fiocchi and PU ammo.

ithacaartist · 03-11-2018, 06:10 PM

That's within the range of patterns the ejected brass displays for any of my Lugers. I'd say it varies with the particular pistol. Although they were meant to generally fly up, small differences can result in different brass trajectory. I'd say as long as they're exiting the action and not winding up down your shirt, you're doing great.

If they all go up onto the roof, that sounds like a dandy way to prevent their getting mixed up with other brass! Save that brass, even if you don't reload, reloaders here will be glad to have it!

mrerick · 03-11-2018, 07:25 PM

Be sure that the rear of the back toggle is not leaving finish damage or impressions on the back of the frame. If you're seeing finish damage, increase the strength of the recoil spring.

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Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 481 Thanks: 531 Thanked 226 Times in 123 Posts	Brass slinging My 30 cal. luger ejects the brass way out there. The brass goes quite high, slightly to the right and lands about 15 feet behind me. The brass is not marred in any way tho. Just a pita to retrieve from atop the range roof. Is this normal? I am firing Fiocchi and PU ammo. __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

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ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,282 Thanks: 7,007 Thanked 2,476 Times in 1,319 Posts	That's within the range of patterns the ejected brass displays for any of my Lugers. I'd say it varies with the particular pistol. Although they were meant to generally fly up, small differences can result in different brass trajectory. I'd say as long as they're exiting the action and not winding up down your shirt, you're doing great. If they all go up onto the roof, that sounds like a dandy way to prevent their getting mixed up with other brass! Save that brass, even if you don't reload, reloaders here will be glad to have it! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

03-11-2018, 07:25 PM	#3
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,900 Thanks: 1,370 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	Be sure that the rear of the back toggle is not leaving finish damage or impressions on the back of the frame. If you're seeing finish damage, increase the strength of the recoil spring. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.