Many thanks to all who have contributed their advice and knowledge, and even offered stripper clips (thanks Ken but I did get several with the gun). Steve I'm glad to learn that snap caps are available since I sometimes take friends shooting who have never fired a gun before. As stated above the 9mm Steyr has slightly different case dimensions than Bergman-Bayard/Largo. More importantly, the Bergman-Bayard/Largo is a much hotter round (9mm Steyr is about 1080). I've decided not to test the limits of 80 year old steel with hotter ammo. Instead I ordered 500 rounds of Fiocchi 9mm Steyr from the local distributer. I also secured a small quantity of RWS ammo dated 1935. If anyone happens upon old 9mm Steyr ammo at a gun show please give me a heads up. KFS PS: I'm not a reloader and if anyone wants my empty brass let me know.
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