I recently purchased an Interarms Mauser American Eagle chambered in 9mm. Interestingly, it's a C&R, so I was able to save some money by having it delivered directly to me. I took it to the range today to shoot it for the first time.
The first thing that I quickly figured out is that I had to be doing something wrong when loading the magazine. Three cartridges were all that I could insert, even when trying to push down the button on the side of the magazine. I looked around in the box and found a special tool. Upon examination, I determine that it's designed to go over the button on the side of the magazine in order to retract the spring. It's still the most difficult pistol magazine that I've ever loaded, but I eventually got pretty good at inserting 8 cartridges in it.
After firing a few rounds, I quickly determined that the recoil is sharp, the trigger is very nice other than having a weak reset, and the accuracy is very good. I did have one failure to eject during the first magazine, but none after that.
I also had one failure to fire, but it did fire when I pulled the trigger again.
Overall, it's a very interesting pistol, but I can't ever imagine using one for personal protection. I always had the impression that the P38 was developed as a less expensive to manufacture alternative, but now realize that the P38 is just a better pistol overall. Still, I'm very happy that I have it in my collection.
I would like to dampen the recoil and improve the trigger reset. For those who have worked on P08's, would I be correct to assume that simply installing a heavier recoil spring is the way to go in order to dampen the recoil? Would replacing the striker spring help with the reset or is there a different spring involved?
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Originally Posted by Bret
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