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Model 1914 Pistol / Re: Mauser 1914 32 ACP hold-open catch

« on: May 07, 2018, 09:54:57 PM »

I can find the ammo, but getting it shipped to Massachusetts is tough.  I just bought 100 .32 cast bullets (just plain old lead bullets - no primers, powder, brass) from Montana Bullet Works but I had to have it shipped to New Hampshire.  Funny things is, it's perfectly legal to ship to MA.
So, I'm going to try reloading these little buggers.  Should be fun.

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Model 1914 Pistol / Re: Mauser 1914 32 ACP hold-open catch

« on: April 19, 2018, 04:52:43 PM »

Thanks for the date info.
The problem with getting ammo is that I live in MA.  Midway and some of the other Big Boys won't ship ammo, or even unprimed brass, to MA. 
I just bought a box of Lellier & Bellot ammo in NH that I'll try.

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Model 1914 Pistol / Re: Mauser 1914 32 ACP hold-open catch

« on: April 18, 2018, 03:54:39 AM »

I went back to the range with a box of PMC "Bronze" ammo and had several malfunctions.  I can't find any Fiocchi ammo around here - maybe I'll stick with the Winchester.  I've been saving the brass to reload, but this handgun is tough on the ejected brass.

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Model 1914 Pistol / Re: Mauser 1914 32 ACP hold-open catch

« on: April 11, 2018, 02:42:01 PM »

Serial #227718.  All matching.  It looks like a ramp front sight.
I bought this holster a few months ago for $10 in an antique shop.  It's a good fit for the gun.

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Model 1914 Pistol / Re: Mauser 1914 32 ACP hold-open catch

« on: April 11, 2018, 12:38:45 PM »

Back to the range with all new springs, same Winchester ammo (25 rds).  Not a single malfunction.
Funny thing - the more I aim this handgun, the worse I get.  When I just point and shoot, it hits where I want it to.
Reminds me of the Three Stooges when Moe said, "The more you think the more you weaken the nation."
Great gun.

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Model 1914 Pistol / Re: Mauser 1914 32 ACP hold-open catch

« on: April 10, 2018, 01:03:21 PM »

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.

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Model 1914 Pistol / Re: Mauser 1914 32 ACP hold-open catch

« on: April 10, 2018, 06:29:29 AM »

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.

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Model 1914 Pistol / Re: Mauser 1914 32 ACP hold-open catch

« on: April 06, 2018, 10:50:59 AM »

That would be great.  I've been trying to "sister" in a piece of flat spring stock but it isn't working.  The store where I bought it warranties all guns for 30 days.  I told them I'd keep this gun until the 30 days is up in the hopes that I'd find a mag catch.  If not they'll take it back and junk it out to a gunsmith.
Let me know how you want to proceed.
Thanks again.

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Model 1914 Pistol / Mauser 1914 32 ACP hold-open catch

« on: April 04, 2018, 03:03:04 PM »

I recently got a Mauser 1914 .32 ACP.  I haven't fired it yet.  The slide stays open until I drop the mag, then the slide releases.  I'm thinking that the mag release is supposed to extend up into the gun and put pressure on the hold-open catch, but the mag release looks like it's been broken, so it's too short.
Is that how the slide would remain open?
Thanks.