7.65 ammunition

cirelaw · 01-07-2013, 10:54 AM

I wanted to know what the last German luger that fired the 7.65 calibre. My 1920 carbine fires a 7.65 round but my 1908 commercial fires the 9mm?

Vlim · 01-07-2013, 12:48 PM

Eric, the .30 luger / 7,65 para was around as long as the Parabellum pistol was.

Mauser re-introduced the pistols in both .30 luger and 9x19 in 1970, manufacturing them until the mid 1980s, and assembling (and re-assembling) them well into the 1990s.

The 9mm was adopted as a military round because of its increased stopping power, the official introduction was somewhere in 1904.

As a commercial round, and for smaller contracts (excluding the Swiss, who were .30 luger junkies

), the .30 luger versions were being manufactured alongside the 9mm versions from 1904 until the very end (1999).

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	7.65 ammunition I wanted to know what the last German luger that fired the 7.65 calibre. My 1920 carbine fires a 7.65 round but my 1908 commercial fires the 9mm?

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Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,049 Thanks: 1,035 Thanked 3,957 Times in 1,200 Posts	Eric, the .30 luger / 7,65 para was around as long as the Parabellum pistol was. Mauser re-introduced the pistols in both .30 luger and 9x19 in 1970, manufacturing them until the mid 1980s, and assembling (and re-assembling) them well into the 1990s. The 9mm was adopted as a military round because of its increased stopping power, the official introduction was somewhere in 1904. As a commercial round, and for smaller contracts (excluding the Swiss, who were .30 luger junkies ), the .30 luger versions were being manufactured alongside the 9mm versions from 1904 until the very end (1999).