Ammo box for the Brazilian Luger
 

It is amazing how some simple stuff can make someone very happy.
I just added this (empty) box for 7,65 mm Luger (.30 Luger) ammo made by a French company for the Brazilian Army in 1928.
Besides the normal expected inscriptions - as "50 Cartridges for Parabellum Pistol cal. 7,65" - it is interesting to note that it also brings the bullet velocity: 350 +/- 10 meters per second (average). Other inscriptions are the kind of bullet (iron with copper-nickleled jacket) and propelent (smokeless powder) and date (batch #4, 2nd quarter of 1928).
I identified the ammo factory as Societté Francése Des Munitions de Chasse, de Tir & de Guerre, by then was located at Notre-Dame de Victoire street, Paris.
This kind of item is very, very difficult to appear, even down here, but this one came in amost for free: around 15.00 dollars, including shipping. Almost unbelievable.
It will display nicely with my Brazilian Parabellum.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Douglas.

Douglas, are these Portuguese or?

:)

Hi Ed,

This is for the Portuguese Contract Lugers (most probably the GNR pistols).

Douglas

Thank you

And I meant to say earlier, great information above!

Douglas, congratulations ! Old original ammo boxes are almost impossible to find in France too.
christian

Yup! Portuguese. For both the Army and GNR.

And I have one of those boxes laying around somewhere in my safehouse.

Very beautiful boxes , and as said Christian rare to find in europe !
About GNR , only this to read !

Fantastic manual, Patrice!
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:
Noticed that our GNR had one of the best explanations of the funtioning of the trigger group.