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c0bra:
Hi everybody! I am a lucky owner of a Mauser HSC that I was able to identify as a 1943 army pistol (Serial 819XXX).
First of all I would like to thanks everybody in this forum because of the passion and the effort that you all put to help others and do research.
Now my question. My Mauser HSC has an unusual behaviour: when I have no more cartridges in the magazine the slide stays open (as expected).As I extract the magazine, the slide close instantly. If I try to reopen it sometimes stays open and sometimes not.Does anyone have experience with the same problem?I dismounted the gun and tried to trace back the issue.Is it normal that when the magazine is inserted and there are no cartridges the slide lock by hitting the back of the magazine?I guess the problem is related to the ejector (Magazine Safety): if I gently touch it without pushing to any side the slide close (magazine removed).I am not able to understand if the problem is caused by a worn ejector, a damaged slide and  how to proceed to fix the gun.
Thanks to everybody that will try to help me.Francesco.

Warbird:
See Reply #1 in this post:
http://www.mauserguns.com/forum/index.php/topic,1191.0.html

67raregt:
Years ago I had the same problem with a aftermarket mag with a plastic follower. The slide would stay open after the last shot but when I tried to remove the mag it was very hard. When I was able to pull it out the slide would close. The factory mag has never done this once. After comparing it with the factory mag and taking different measurements I found up to a .030 difference in some measurements. I also found using a dial indicator that the body was a bit of a parallelogram by about .008 .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelogram

Are you using the factory magazine?

c0bra:
As far as I know I have a factory mag: it has a metal follower and "MAUSER" stamped on the bottom.Warbird, your explanation on the other post was illuminating: I removed the magazine safety and I discovered it was bent.I will try to find a replacement for that, even if most gun parts stores doesn't ship to Italy.Thanks for your help. I will keep you updated.

Warbird:
Glad it could help, Francesco.  Just be sure you look for a WWII vintage Magazine Safety.  Other vintage will not work.  Meanwhile, you could try to remodel your Magazine Safety to work correctly and be sure not to lose that small Spring in the rear.

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