Cartridges are too short
 

Ok I have read a bunch , and the length of a 9mm makes
a difference on weather a Luger will function properly.
If you take a 9mm Luger and change the barrel to .30
the only change you might need to make is to change the
spring. If what everybody is saying is true the really shorter .30 bullets should never work in a pistol that
was 9mm. Right? Same magazine, same everything but
the barrel.
I know I'm like a 2 year old and ask too many questions.

Paul

The SAMMI max OAL for a 30 Luger RNFMJ is 1.175 in.

The SAMMI max OAL for 9mm 115/124 RNFMJ is 1.169 in.

The little ones are quite long ;)

I believe your premise is flawed; you over simplify what works and why.

Have you tried "standing" several 9mm and several(brands) of 7.65mm side by side- or measuring the OAL?

I've gone so far as to sort WWB rounds by length, to see if a particular luger liked "long or short" better. Yes, the rounds vary, QC just isn't what it could be.

You will find that the OAL varies significantly from brand to brand and lot to lot.
Some pistols are not very sensitive to OAL, others are- not much rhyme or reason to it.

Did you buy the Goertz and Sturgess CD? There is a whole chapter on ammo, another on magazine differences and changes(improvements".

A "generalization" , which often can get one in trouble, regarding 7.65mm/.30 luger is that pistols in that caliber are somewhat or even noticeably more sensitive to ammo. Whether it is velocity, weight, or OAL. JMHO.

Ok after standing a 9mm and a .30 next to each other , they are almost
the same legth. Guess its a optical illusion that one is a lot shorter than
the other. Humm missed that one pretty good, sorry

Paul

No need to be sorry!
Absorb, learn get smarter ;)

Sadly, some people merely become more informed, but not necessarily smarter!

The Luger was initially designed to chamber the .30 Luger / 7.65mm Luger round.

Later, the Navy, wanting a more powerful "military" class round, requested the 9mm. Modifications were made, but mainly to the barrel and recoil spring.

Remember, for many things Luger the FAQ document is your friend!

Marc

Hi!

DWM existed a long time before SAMMI stuck its finger in the potl.

Proper OAL of an original DWM factory 7.65 mm, round nose cartridge, at was 1.173 inches.

All of the current 7.65 Parabellum rounds I have measured are much, much shorter than what is required for 100% reliable function.

Sieger

Well,

The proof is in the pudding; as smart is what smart does!

Sieger

There is another pertinent difference between the 7,65 Parabellum cartridge and the DWM 9x19 round (actually, a couple of pertinent differences).

With the too-short 9mm round, the bullets snag on the top edge of the chamber. The 7,65 bullet, being narrower, does not present its ogive to the top of the chamber, so does not get caught up even if the OAL is a fraction shorter.

The original 9x19mm design used a truncated-cone bullet. Although not specifically designed this way for proper feeding, it coincidentally successfully mimics the ogive properties of the 7,65mm round. Some modern Winchester 9mm ball ammunition has a gently truncated-cone bullet.

--Dwight

Dwight;

As long as I follow the correct procedure in properly determining OAL, I've never experienced jamming with any TC or RN bullet of proper weight and configuration (most typically available brands).

The correct OAL for the RN 9mm bullet is also 1.173 inches, NOT the later derived SAMMI, so often misquoted, 1.169 inches.

For a review, our readers might enjoy reading, in the Reloading Sticky Section, "How to Determine Proper OAL with a New Bullet" as it will answer many of their questions.

Sieger

Prvi/PPU come awfully close!

OP should change his title to "cartridges" not "bullets"; I believe that the OAL length of the cartridge is the subject of this thread.

To do so, select edit, then "go advanced"; then you can edit the title.

This is interesting. If a lowball bid will yield some .30 ammo that is other than the readily available standard fare, I will add it to my little collection. I measured some, and here are the results:

Winchester White Box......................1.150 x

Winchester Red and Yellow Box.......1.150 x

Remington Green and Yellow Box.....1.131 x

Remington Dark Green Box..............1.134

Fiocchi Gray Box Brown Printing.......1.127 x

Fiocchi Purple Box............................1.119 x

According to the discussion, I'm amazed that any of this stuff works at all, but my shooter works without complaints.

Man this is a hard room to play. Have to be perfect on your posts. Folks remember if I knew all of this , I wouldn't be posting questions! But thanks to those who help instead of make you look stupid.

The more posts a thread gets, the more likely it is to run off the rails and end up in the weeds.
We all come away feeling whooped every now and then, but we keep coming back to collectively learn more.
Part of the fun, I guess.
dju

You are indeed "blessed", it all of those will work!

Sometimes you got to get it right-
bullets are the little things that go out the barrel-
Cartridges are where the OAL matters.

Though some "bullets" may be or are too short to reload in the .30 luger.

Lighten up- bullets matter to reloaders- cartridges to a way bigger audience- which is why I suggested the change.

Not to make you look stupid.:cheers: