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scov · 04-04-2008, 11:38 AM

hello all i have a question when toggle / breech lock is pulled all the way rearward should this stay open my luger only stays open 1/2 pulled is this a problem or normal i kind of remember my dad showing the gun fully cocked for some reason it wont stay open? any ideas?

scov · 04-04-2008, 11:49 AM

sorry i posted this in the wrong spot it should have been under repair did not notice that category

Ron Smith · 04-04-2008, 12:30 PM

Hi Tom,

The magazine has to be in place for the hold open to work. The magazine activates the hold open when fully inserted and locked in place.

Sometimes a non-matching magazine won't hold it open. Or if the HO spring is broken, it won't work.

Ron

John Sabato · 04-04-2008, 01:04 PM

Moving your thread to the repair forum...

scov · 04-04-2008, 01:50 PM

Thank you Ron it worked .

04-04-2008, 11:38 AM	#1
scov User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: murfreesboro tn. Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	toggle hello all i have a question when toggle / breech lock is pulled all the way rearward should this stay open my luger only stays open 1/2 pulled is this a problem or normal i kind of remember my dad showing the gun fully cocked for some reason it wont stay open? any ideas?

04-04-2008, 12:30 PM	#3
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hi Tom, The magazine has to be in place for the hold open to work. The magazine activates the hold open when fully inserted and locked in place. Sometimes a non-matching magazine won't hold it open. Or if the HO spring is broken, it won't work. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

04-04-2008, 01:04 PM	#4
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	Moving your thread to the repair forum... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

04-04-2008, 11:49 AM	#2
scov User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: murfreesboro tn. Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	sorry i posted this in the wrong spot it should have been under repair did not notice that category

04-04-2008, 01:50 PM	#5
scov User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: murfreesboro tn. Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thank you Ron it worked .