Original Remington Peter's 30 Cal Ammo

[Sieger]

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.

Sieger

[ptrickamp222]

Maybe that's one of the reasons they LOST The WAR!!!!!!!
Alot of the country's that we fought used a thousand or 2 larger as to use our ammo and we could not use theirs.........not to stupid after all except that they woke a sleeping giant

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by ptrickamp222

Maybe that's one of the reasons they LOST The WAR!!!!!!!
Alot of the country's that we fought used a thousand or 2 larger as to use our ammo and we could not use theirs.........not to stupid after all except that they woke a sleeping giant

Pat:

Are you sitting down, are there any sharp objects around you, do you have a tongue compressor to help you from swallowing your tongue? O.K. then.... here we go.

The original DWM blueprints, for the 9mm barrel, call for a groove diameter of 9.1mm or .358 inches. Many European companies, including FN, maintain/maintained this original diameter for their 9mm pistol barrels.

Now, can you tell me why they loaded .354 to .355 bullets in their ammo, as there had to be an excellent reason for this practice?

Sieger

[ptrickamp222]

I was just adding a little humor to the subject. I own a few German pistol's and one is a FN from WWII with the WWII Nazi Marks on it. When they took over the Factory. I did not mean to get under anyone's skin. Next time I will know that this is a very serious forum and humor is a NO, NO. And by the way the German's made excellent fireams as well as other excellent items..............or I would not own them! And I will try and get some tongue suppressor's. I am not a German firearms expert. I load my 9mm to .356 for hard lead cast. Since you asked the question of under sized bullets please let us know why?????