.224 Luger
 

.22 centerfire Erfurt

No picture, I'm sorry to report, but I figured some people here might be interested...

--Dwight

In John Walter's book "Luger" he mentions the .224 Lowenstein. I have a 60's
magazine where they test the .224 Goldstein. I've always wondered if he got the
name wrong. It is a neat little cartridge...

I think it is an interesting idea, something kind of different?

Wonder if there are failure to feeds from the small head of the bullet?

In the Febuary 1964 issue of Gun World they have
an article on the .224 Goldstein. The barrel has an
effective length of 11". In this article, nothing is
done to the gun to make it function with the loads
developed, thus for the most part it is a manual
loader. With 40gr. bullets they get up to 2250fps!!!

Even as a single shot it would be terrific as a plinker or varmit pistol!

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Dwight,

Thanks for calling our attention to the 22 Lowenstein pistol. I just concluded the purchase of it. At present it looks as if it was rode hard and put away wet, but doesn't appear to be pitted, just a lot of bluing wear. A good project for Thor's Luger Clinic. <img border="0" alt="[king]" title="" src="graemlins/r.gif" />

I can just picture this dude with a new blue job and an adjustable sight on the rear toggle! <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" />

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Johnny Kitchens, I would like to get a copy of your magazine article if possible, especially the loading data, see your private messaging.

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Hugh,

Thats a very strange and wonderful pistol! I'm gratified to see the Luger and the ammunition for it.

--Dwight

Rick,

Thanks for the info. The seller does not have dies and thinks that he may have "a cartridge or two". According to John Walter, the Lowenstein had a 26 deg shoulder. I will have to wait until I get the gun and take a chamber cast. I am hoping that RCBS will make a set of dies for me! According to Walter, Lowenstein was a California gunsmith who developed the cartridge in the 1950's. So maybe RCBS has the tooling for the dies. There was also a .224 Goldstein cartridge developed in the 1960's by a man of that name in the northeastern part of the US, and one developed in the same time frame in Australia that had a 30 deg neck. :confused:

<img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" /> received the 22/30 Luger yesterday. Made a chamber cast today. It is not a Lowenstein or Goldstein--they had 26 degree shoulders. This one has a 45 deg shoulder, which makes it sharper and shorter than the other two. Looks kinda like a minature "Ackley Improved" cartridge. Will be contacting RCBS Monday to see about getting forming and loading dies made. Then after milling a dovetail for an adjustable MMC rear sight, off it goes to Thor for one of those fabulous "new blue" jobs while waiting on the dies. <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" />

Just imagine the velocity you can get with the 35gr. Hornady V-MAX. Might just be the thing for that pistol!!!

I have had several email correspondence with Dave Davison of CH/4D. He was very helpful in advising me in what was needed to get this thing shooting. I have ordered THREE forming dies and a set of loading dies. Had to send a case cut off at the beginning of the shoulder and a chamber cast so that they could design the dies with the correct shoulder taper. This is getting to be a costly toy! <img border="0" alt="[ouch]" title="" src="graemlins/c.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[crying]" title="" src="graemlins/crying.gif" />

Rick,
CH/4D has a neat neck sizing die with bushings, but due to the sharp shoulder angle of my case, they recommended seperate forming dies rather than it. You can see their bushing neck sizer die here: http://www.ch4d.com/ch4d/Catalog/Pag...20Neck%20Sizer