WWII Ammo
 

Some WWII ammo:

top: Kam St 1943 German

middle: Aux 2 41 German ( the so-called BLACK ammo)

bottom: DI 43 9MM Canadian ( for STEN SMG )

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How much would one expect to pay for an example of one of the middle (blue-label) boxes?

--Dwight

I get $25 to $35 for a box of 16 cartridges, depending on condition. Have a small quantity left, will be listing it on this forum soon.

Do you find any early 7.65mm ammo?

Good question. I have a quantity of ammo that I will need to unload (mostly wartime or pre-war stuff). Where can I find an idea of prices for such things?

Thanks!

Hello,
I have read somewhere, but I can't remember where that the lacquered metal case bullets were to be used in the P.38 and the brass case bullets were to be used in the P.08. The reason I remember for this was the metal case bullets caused extraction problems in the P.08. Has anyone else ever come across this information and where did you find it? [img]confused.gif[/img]

The Luger Book by Walter covers ammo quite well. You got it right except for some that they ... now I have to hit the books! [img]cool.gif[/img]

G.W. here is an excerpt I found in The Luger Book by John Walter:
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The last paragraph is confusing to me! Oh,I think I understand now, he is talking about brass case cartridges with the mE bullets working fine.

Modern Russian steel cased 9mm works fine in my Luger with 100% reliablity (in the right mag). In fact, it's more realiable than Winchester 9mm for me.

There have been some real bad experiences with overpressure Russian steel case 9 mm reported on this forum (or maybe the old one) a while back. One of them happened to me (locked up my S&W 3914 dead tight). I had to use a hammer to drive a long slender rod up the barrel to open up the gun--the slide couldn't be opened after firing. The case was found to be quite oversized. Fortunately, this was not a Luger and the S&W works fine.

More dramatic cases have occurred with Lugers. I won't touch Russian ammo (anymore).

Thanks Toggle Top,
Walter can get that way, especially when it gets to the fine points of stuff. I personally need to rebuild my references. They were lost. I would like a set of Still's. Although I believe he thinks I discredited him , I hold him in high esteem as an author and reference.
Sorry Still, your a professional, and I'm just a tinker. <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

Just a word of caution re shooting the sintered steel nazi bullet ammo: I had a few boxes that I couldn't legally sell when I lived in Calif, so I decided to shoot them up at the range. I notices that a long "flame" extending from the barrel with the first few shots, as the steel bullets wore away the rifling of my bore. Tom H.