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Had something pretty frightening happen to me...
ryanek9freak
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I went out to the range today with some of my 9mm reloads that I've been doing the same way for years with no problem.
My formula is 115gr Speer FMJ, 4.5 grams of hurcules bullseye, and winchester primers.
I reloaded a set of 50 last night, with no problems. I always clean my primer pockets with a brush, and take great care. I loaded a mag into my P08 Luger this morning, cocked the action, and when it closed, the first round just went off without my finger on the trigger. Thank god I always have my muzzle pointed in a safe direction and it just hit the dirt. Scared the poop out of me to say the least. The gun WAS NOT previously cocked, and it doesn't look at all like the primer isn't seated all the way in the pocket. ( I recovered the spent casing) yet, there is a clear dent in the primer from where the firing pin struck it.
Do you think there's something wrong with my gun? Or do you think the primer was sticking out just far enough so that the breech face hit it?
My formula is 115gr Speer FMJ, 4.5 grams of hurcules bullseye, and winchester primers.
I reloaded a set of 50 last night, with no problems. I always clean my primer pockets with a brush, and take great care. I loaded a mag into my P08 Luger this morning, cocked the action, and when it closed, the first round just went off without my finger on the trigger. Thank god I always have my muzzle pointed in a safe direction and it just hit the dirt. Scared the poop out of me to say the least. The gun WAS NOT previously cocked, and it doesn't look at all like the primer isn't seated all the way in the pocket. ( I recovered the spent casing) yet, there is a clear dent in the primer from where the firing pin struck it.
Do you think there's something wrong with my gun? Or do you think the primer was sticking out just far enough so that the breech face hit it?
Comments
Just a note on your post don't get Grams & Grains mixed up when loading!
at that little spring just above the trigger. If that has some rust on it or something else that causes it to hang up, you might find yourself with a full auto Luger. MAN THEY ARE FAST!!!
It's the gun, the hammer followed the bolt down.
Lugars are striker fired, they don't have a hammer
The trigger pulls a bellcrank down (mounted on the back of the sideplate), which in turn pushs the sear bar in, releasing the striker.
Another place for the OP to check is the spring loaded pin on the sear bar (it acts as the disconnector). Also, check the edges where the striker engauges the side bar
About it going full auto, I'm glad it didn't do that. By all means it should have.
If it were a military gun, I'd say the sear spring was at fault and needed bending but as it's a stainless repro there is a good chance the parts are soft and have rounded.
It's not a big deal to inspect once you understand how the gun works because you can easily take the slide apart and examine the parts.
There's nothing wrong with the load.