1937 Luger P08 Jamming Data

[Clint1911]

Hello again,

In an earlier post, I reported that my new acquisition, a 1937 Luger P08, was jamming often during firing at the range.

I took your advice and recorded the types and numbers of jams in a session at the range today. I used 3 different magazines, loaded each with 8 rounds, and cycled each one twice, for a total of 6x8=48 rounds. I used Winchester 115 GR FMJ in this test. There were one or two jams for each magazine used. Magazines A and B are new Mec-Gar, C is the original magazine issued with the pistol. A table of these jams is shown in the pictures.

I then switched to Fiocchi 124 gr FMJ, and shot two magazines, for a total of 16 rounds. I encountered the same type of jams, at about the same frequency, 3 in the first magazine, 1 in the second.

I've attached a compilation pictures of the jams from a couple angles.The first 8 jam pictures are for the Winchester ammunition, the last two are for the Fiocchi.

Any advice on what I might do to improve performance would be greatly appreciated !

Chuck