.30 Mauser

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Dave Borjes and I teamed up to determine a loading for a Borchardt as we planned to shoot it at a small private sub machine gun shoot in VA. The cartridge case we used was the .30 Mauser..We could find NO loading data for the Borchardt anywhere so we guessed. He loaded low and lower. The lower loading kicked the cartridges out just to the right of the shooter. The slightly higher..but still low loading.. kicked the cartridge case out 10 feet to the right and back of the shooter. Both of these loadings activated the Borchardt , extracting and loading a cartridge properly. The pistol was constantly checked by the owner thru all 80 rounds fired for abnormalities and none were noticed.
Probably 20 guys at the shoot were able to fire 3 rounds each from the Borchardt..only one Woman at the shoot was interested in shooting it..my Wife Ellie. She fired 5 rounds.