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Originally Posted by spripple33
I'm honestly kind of surprised that the carbine was still relevant enough post-WW2 to warrant a warning...
-Jason
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I can only speak for the availability of 9mm cartridges in my area during the 1950's and early 1960's but it wasn't popular or readily found. Very few US manufacturers were making guns chambered for it. Mostly it was relegated to surplus military guns such as the Luger and P.38. So, at the time, the warning that it wasn't suitable for carbines makes sense.
When my father and I purchased our first Luger in the mid-1950's, we ordered surplus cartridges from Ye Old Hunter; non-corrosive WW2 Winchester at $5.00 per hundred. Later he had Shipley's Sporting Goods in Frederick, MD, order a box of commercial 9mm; hardball. I think it was Remington but won't swear to it.
The great popularity of 9mm today is the direct opposite of the situation 50 or 60 years ago.