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Mauser 1914 32 ACP hold-open catch
Battis:
Thanks to Pardt, I have an unbroken mag catch in my gun. But I'm wondering if the other mag catch was broken or cut at some point. I say this because several sales people at the store where I bought the gun (each claimed to have fired a 1914 32 acp but never owned one) did not know that the gun had a hold open catch - they thought that the slide closed when the mag was empty and you inserted a loaded mag, pulled the slide back to chamber a round, and fired away until the mag was empty then started again with a full mag. One of the salespeople was a collector and he schooled them on the proper use and function of the gun. They thought that the gun was just designed with no slide release.
Anyways, I like the gun. I'm debating on whether to use factory ammo (I think the gun can handle it) or reload some low powered cast bullet rounds. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
1914mauser:
You should not have any problems using factory/commercially available ammunition. .32s are not a high pressure round.
It is not surprising the gun store staff claim to know something, when they actually do not.
Regards,
gwpeeler:
FYI- I have 3 of these that I shoot quite a lot and I have great results with Fiocchi ammo. I have shot at least 300 rounds with it without a single malfunction. I have experienced a few feeding problems with Remington and S & B. Be warned....these little guns are addictive!
Battis:
I just fired off 25 rds of the Winchester ammo (Walmart) with several failures to feed. I haven't had much luck with that ammo in my Ruger 9mm. This Mauser is definitely a candidate for reloading. I didn't think it'd be that good of a shooter. I like that peppy little round. I have other 32s, mostly revolvers and a Winchester Self Loader rifle. When I got home the Wolff springs were in the mailbox.
The mag catch works perfectly.
saxon:
See if it performs better with the new springs and let us know.
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