question regarding 7.65 mm Luger marked "1937"

bearthompson · 01-26-2009, 02:50 AM

Thanks for the info, and now here's an even dumber question for all you Luger "gurus." The seller of this 7.65 included in the pistol case a few cartridges that he said were for the pistol--one of which I duly inserted into the magazine and fired, there at the indoor range where the purchase occured. It fired just fine; so far, so good. However, these cartridges have no shoulder/"bottleneck"; the casing sides are perfectly parallel and they basically look like a smaller version of 9 mm Luger ammo. The online research I've done today shows the 7.65 Luger cartridge as tapering, with a distinct shoulder or bottleneck, so what gives?

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01-26-2009, 02:50 AM	#5
bearthompson User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 9 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the info, and now here's an even dumber question for all you Luger "gurus." The seller of this 7.65 included in the pistol case a few cartridges that he said were for the pistol--one of which I duly inserted into the magazine and fired, there at the indoor range where the purchase occured. It fired just fine; so far, so good. However, these cartridges have no shoulder/"bottleneck"; the casing sides are perfectly parallel and they basically look like a smaller version of 9 mm Luger ammo. The online research I've done today shows the 7.65 Luger cartridge as tapering, with a distinct shoulder or bottleneck, so what gives?