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09-23-2012, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by unspellable

I'd always wondered if the chamber step was simply the older 9 mm chamber and they never bothered to remove the step.
Any opinions on this?

Nope and yep. The "chamber step" was patented by Geo. Luger and was intended to give a positive gas seal. It has nothing to do with the "neck up" of the 7.65 mm cartridg to 9mm.

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