German sub-machine gun ammo

[Orv Reichert]

A government would have to be nuts to make up ammo in two different loadings...one of which could blow up some of their guns?


I keep hearing this...."Gee, he shot SMG ammo in it and it blew up!" In the UK, they refused to make sub-sonic ammo for the Stens----because, they said, if they did, they would get the wrong ammo to the wrong guns. So, to avoid this predictable disaster, they punched holes [36] into the SMG barrels on the silenced guns to make all ammo sub-sonic in that gun!


Has anyone seen any 9x19 ammo marked 'for SMG only".. or 'Not For Use in Pistols"??? I have not.


Now...I am sure there is an exception for every rule..but, let's hear about them...respond you guys?


Some years ago, I bought some cheap Egyptian 9x19. It was touted as 'SMG ammo'. It chrono'd at 1200 ft/sec. Certainly not too hot for a good pistol?


Orv Reichert