Good Shooting Article
 

Really good article from June 1952 American Rifleman.
Marc

Anthony North & Ian V. Hogg also mentioned Borchardt's sensitivity on ammunition consistency in their excellent book "The Book of Guns & Gunsmiths". Luger came from Borchardt, they must share similar issue on ammo.

mail must be slow. i have not received my copy in the mail yet ;)

Wow!!!...A Los Angeles telephone book was only 1 3/4" thick back then... :eek:

Where did all these new people come from??? :rolleyes:

Thanks for that article. I feel like such a kid now, was still not here when that article was printed. Good job and my compliments on your library skills and collection.

I don't feel a day over 18, except when I want to see what I'm reading, or want to reach down to tie my shoes, or eat stuff that tastes good...oh hell, at least I have better toys now.
Marc

Greetings to All:

Where these guys writing in the early days got their ammo performance numbers is quite a mystery to me, as I've reviewed all of the original German sources and have never seen any German Army Luger pistol ammo rated higher than 1,076 fps (out of a 100mm barrel) at 123 grains.

If you want to destroy your Luger, please feel free to shoot hot +P+ ammo through it, which won't even approach the figures quoted here.

One person creats a story, the rest repeat it. Total crap!!

The real problem can be traced to too short of OAL and powder charges not balanced to the weight of the recoil springs used.


Sieger

Sieger, when these guys were measuring velocities of there Army pistols at 1076fps with a 123gr bullet; did anyone "over there" measure velocities of the same ammo thru the Navy Luger?.............................

Dear all,

my Luger shoots best with the LAPUA 9mm rounds. Its load is very similar to the original rounds these days.

bigbuck

Hi:

I doubt you will pickup 300 fps with only two additional inches.

Sieger

Hi:

The Germans seem to think the same thing.

Sieger