Ammo
 

Can I use Winchester 9mm in my 1910 po8 luger

Ammo
 

Can I use Winchester 9mm 147 grain in my 1910 po8 luger
jack37

Bought a white box of Winchester 9mm 147 grain. Can I use this in my 1910 P08 luger

Hi,

IIRC, the ammo used at the time Lugers were current was the 125gn standard velocity bullet.

As long as it's standard velocity, and not "NATO" or +P power it will probably work.

But.. the Luger is pretty finely balanced, and you may find cycling problems surface with the heavier bullet.

I personally don't fire collectible Lugers because of the risk of damaging numbered parts.

are you asking about "Winchester 9mm Luger" FMJ, 115 gr, handgun ammo....?

yes you can, but that is fairly heavy? So, I wouldn't use it.

For sure, don't use the recalled ammo

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combined the two threads

Be safe, don't shoot it any luger!

Hi,

The recoil spring, of a Luger, is not balanced for any 147 gr. load; therefore, do not try and force it to work, as it will not.


Sieger

jack37 thank you all . I will not use It

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I shot some 145gr S&B in the past. Truncated cone bullets. Repeated well in a refurbished 1937 P08. Shot a bit low, but that was about it.

Winchester White Box 115gr is perfect.

Academy Sports was selling 200 rounds of Winchester white box for $70, but they have run out.
I've been holding off since the recall - hope all the bad batches have been pulled from stocks.

It's a southwestern sports and camping big box store, but they have a good web site, too.