[quote]Originally posted by Thor:
<strong>I own a post war 22 lr P.38 in mint condition and I confess I shoot it occasionally, really a fun gun. I would love to have another 30 Luger P38. I onced owned a Post war P.38 that had an accompanying 30 Luger slide and barrel. ACCURATE! The slide was not serialized and was supposed to be an accessory to the 9mm gun. Should have kept it! but oh well......... <img src="graemlins/crying.gif" border="0" alt="[crying]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Thor, I believe EVERY gun man has a similar story of one he sold and regretted it later. For me it's been more than one. The .30 Luger slide/barrel you had would be perfect and I'd love to have one. I'd also like to have one in .22LR but I suppose they're more rare than the .30 and even more expensive.
As for the 95 grain .310" cast bullets you've ordered, they should shoot very nicely in a Luger. The .30 is very tolerant of bullets.... much more so than the 9mm. The best 9mm cast bullet I've used has been the Lyman 356402, a truncated cone design. Lee offers a 6 cavity mold of basically the same bullet. The 95 grain .30 mold I had made was based on the TC design by Lyman and it is very reliable in my Lugers.
A tip you may need if your bore has any lead deposits after shooting cast bullets; If regular cleaning doesn't remove all of the lead, a tightly wound wad of fairly coarse steel wool on a jag will take it out nicely. Some may cringe at the thought but steel wool is much softer than barrel steel and Schutzen shooters using turn of the century or older rifles often use this method to clean their bores. All I can say is; it works and I have yet to harm a bore with it.