Iraq Borchardt capture?

[Lugerdoc]

With the wide variety of weapons in use in Iraq, it doesn't surprise me that a Borchard turned up (probably being shot with 7.62 Tok ammo). I once owned a Borchard, that was found hanging on a restaurant wall in Thailand, during the Vietnam era. Tom

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Lugerdoc

With the wide variety of weapons in use in Iraq, it doesn't surprise me that a Borchard turned up (probably being shot with 7.62 Tok ammo).

Very insightful observation; that had never occurred to me...According to Donnelly's Handloader's Manual Of Cartridge Conversions (which draws heavily from Cartridges Of The World), the 7.65mm Borchardt, 7.63mm Mauser, and 7.65mm Tokarev cartridges all share the same dimensions. Finding a pistol that could shoot Soviet ammunition (presumably available from captured stores) in that region is probably not too surprising.

I don't think that the Tokarev ammunition would be very beneficial to the pistol...but it was probably an attention-getter for the shooter!!!