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lugerholsterrepair · 05-14-2011, 11:41 AM

Eric, Nothing official that I know of. It was designed for use with the Artillery and that is pretty much where it stayed to my knowledge.

The Machine Pistol 18 was also designed to use the .32 round snail drum with an adaptor. I have had the great privlege to shoot one. The MP 18 was built so close to the end of the Great War that it didn't see extensive use in the German Army. I would guess it might have seen some Police use during Weimar.

David, George Fortier, my drum expert asked me last Summer if the .30 would function in a drum..I have a shooting range right here beside my leather shop so I loaded up a full drum of ,30 slipped it into my .30 bench fitting pistol stepped out and ripped off a full drum of them! Worked really well! Expensive but they do work just like 9MM.

05-14-2011, 11:41 AM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Eric, Nothing official that I know of. It was designed for use with the Artillery and that is pretty much where it stayed to my knowledge. The Machine Pistol 18 was also designed to use the .32 round snail drum with an adaptor. I have had the great privlege to shoot one. The MP 18 was built so close to the end of the Great War that it didn't see extensive use in the German Army. I would guess it might have seen some Police use during Weimar. David, George Fortier, my drum expert asked me last Summer if the .30 would function in a drum..I have a shooting range right here beside my leather shop so I loaded up a full drum of ,30 slipped it into my .30 bench fitting pistol stepped out and ripped off a full drum of them! Worked really well! Expensive but they do work just like 9MM. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."