The 22/30 Luger or thereabouts has always been one of the fires in the distance here. It gets tended to, then forgotten, etc etc. I like a Luger that shoots flat and is...............different, catered to me, the dreamer. Even considered 6mm and 25cal off the 30 Luger or a close clone.
To experience something I read about as a kid growing up in the gun rags, tis always on the mind; only way for me to do it........is to do it myself.
I am still crawdaddying around between a 223 A.I. reamer and cut off dies(A.I. has less body taper to effect the cut off sizing, versus the 40 degree shoulder; or just bite the bullet and buy the custom ground reamer from PTG and make my own dies. I have a little fear of the body taper of the cutoff used old dies routine. I may chamber up some scrap to 222 or 223 and see how the taper plays sometime. Not been able to do much lately, so it lingers on the mind.
The 22 Luger, Lowenstein, 22/30Luger just necks to 22 cal, and keeps the angle the same, hence the slightly shorter neck. I would like to keep the longer neck of the parent, but changes have to occur in the basics.
I have a nightie that the lighter the barrel, the better chance for function without going abbynormal in pressures/bullet weight. Hence my talk about certain tapers.
I have the barrel takeoff's here in the corner, but one has to have a plan I have been told. I have blasted off on pure conjecture and the result was most times about that, so gotta get the plan together. The chambering is the key item to me right now, how to.......
I have a lot of barrels with the more slender taper, all homebrew, made on my old Atlas lathe. I have two tailstocks, one for nice/nice and one for offset tapering, and the bed is long enough for both to reside during tapering.
I am hesitant to show this old mule some, but here it is. This is a Luger that I shoot regularly, a 7.65x19 wildcat(30/9mmx19 or 7.65x19 as ESKO called it). Shoots well and the various parts/additions like the stainless toggle in the 18 receiver and scope mount plays. Iron sight on front is simplistic, to me only for a bit of look, I always use the scope or red dot with this one.
Barrel is now..........10" or so..........650 to 450 nominally. Was a 14" or so earlier in life, but change comes and goes here.
Some things are never done. Some barrels remain lathe turned without any polishing for years, I always think I will change out. You will notice the thicker shoulder on this one, gives me room to rechamber/reuse. I can make a 55 gal drum failly nervous at 10 yards with it..........
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