Handloader Magazine April 2016

[Greg B.]

Hi Sieger,

Thank you for your kind offer. If you could post the mold maker and product number, bullet weight, size and alloy I would be most interested. This will probably be my next bullet casting project

Weiland's article confirmed my developing suspicion that bullet shape is an important variable in loading for the Luger along with the other factors you mentioned. Several years ago a fellow club member gave me some 147 gr. FMJ truncated cone ammunition to try in my 1937 Mauser as it worked well in his 1916 DWM. It also worked well in the Mauser which was continually jamming for one reason or another.

Hope you can post that mold information and I look forward to your comments on the Handloader article.

Rhuff,

I wish I had your intestinal fortitude when it comes to throwing out old gun magazines. I expect I am a chronic pack rat.

Greg B.

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by Greg B.

Hi Sieger,

Thank you for your kind offer. If you could post the mold maker and product number, bullet weight, size and alloy I would be most interested. This will probably be my next bullet casting project

Weiland's article confirmed my developing suspicion that bullet shape is an important variable in loading for the Luger along with the other factors you mentioned. Several years ago a fellow club member gave me some 147 gr. FMJ truncated cone ammunition to try in my 1937 Mauser as it worked well in his 1916 DWM. It also worked well in the Mauser which was continually jamming for one reason or another.

Hope you can post that mold information and I look forward to your comments on the Handloader article.

Rhuff,

I wish I had your intestinal fortitude when it comes to throwing out old gun magazines. I expect I am a chronic pack rat.

Greg B.

Hi,

A few minute phone call would be best for me, particularly if your Mauser Luger is causing you some odd problems.

The 147 gr bullets are way too heavy for the Luger's springs, and I wouldn't suggest shooting them on a regular basis.

I hope we can get in touch.

Sieger

[rhuff]

Originally Posted by Greg B.

Rhuff,

I wish I had your intestinal fortitude when it comes to throwing out old gun magazines. I expect I am a chronic pack rat.

Greg B.

Greg,

I used to keep every magazine i subscribed to for years and years. One day, I realized that I had a "book store" and was rapidly running out of space. Some of the information in some of the magazines was no longer applicable, and some of it was just wrong. It took a few years of continued studying to come to these conclusions regarding the information contained in the magazines.


Long story short, I keep what I MIGHT refer back to in the future, and discard the rest. I never discard old handloading manuals or old handloading information that pertains to my situations, as it has frequently given me valuable information that is otherwise difficult to ascertain.