Original Remington Peter's 30 Cal Ammo

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Originally Posted by ptrickamp222

The Lyman 48th shows 1.173 but the Remington Ammo was 1.143!!!!! What do you think for a DWM 1925 30 Cal. I put 8 of the Remington in the Mec Gar Mag and it cycled pretty good by hand. Should do alot better when fired. The 1.143 is for jacketed. Do you recommend 1.173 for LRN?????

Hi:

1.173 should be the correct starting place for any round nose bullet, though slight adjustments may be necessary given unique specific bullet designs.

Again, the problem occurs during the shooting process, as shorter cartridges cant forward when they are stacked eight high in that highly slanted Parabellum magazine.

Also, many of our members have used .311 or even .312 lead bullets in their 7.65 Parabellum ammo without difficulity.

As stated earlier, the original DWM cartridges I've examined had .307 bullets loaded in them. Why the Germans loaded bullets smaller than groove size is still an open question, as they did the same thing with the 9mm.

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