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Unread 08-16-2010, 10:49 AM   #7
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Hi,

It's possible that the ammo you found is actually an antique (perhaps WW-I or WW-II vintage). If that is the case, it is collectible. Some pictures of it including the headstamps would be helpful to those collectors on the forum.

Both the magazines are original. The first is period correct to a WW-I gun. The second is from a later WW-II Luger. It's a Haenel Schmeisser manufactured extruded steel magazine and considered to be the best operating magazine for a Luger.

Use common Winchester white box 9MM ammo if you can locate it. WalMart stores carried it here. 115gn or 124gn bullets should be fine. Avoid higher power rounds. Some marked "NATO" standard are, in fact, hotter than you should fire. You do NOT want hot 9mm for your Luger. It's close to 100 years old, and wasn't designed for hot rounds.

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