sub caliber insert

Ron Wood · 08-26-2009, 01:25 AM

The insert your dad brought back was not used for anything as sinister as executions. It is a 4mm single-shot conversion used for indoor target practice. It used an inexpensive low-powered round that would probably break the skin but wouldn't penetrate to a depth to be lethal (unless a really freaky accident happened, and I certainly would not want to be shot with one!). From your description the unit was almost certainly of the type manufactured by Rheinisch-Westfalische Sprengstoff A.G/Weiss located in Nurnberg. It was used by the Reichswehr for training.

08-26-2009, 01:25 AM	#2
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	The insert your dad brought back was not used for anything as sinister as executions. It is a 4mm single-shot conversion used for indoor target practice. It used an inexpensive low-powered round that would probably break the skin but wouldn't penetrate to a depth to be lethal (unless a really freaky accident happened, and I certainly would not want to be shot with one!). From your description the unit was almost certainly of the type manufactured by Rheinisch-Westfalische Sprengstoff A.G/Weiss located in Nurnberg. It was used by the Reichswehr for training. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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