Luger ID .30 cal or 9mm

DonVoigt · 03-30-2017, 06:44 AM

I do not see a 1916 DWM P 08 picture, but a non-dated luger with a commercial proof.

Given your experience with the snap cap, it is likely .30 cal.

I have no Idea where you are from your profile, so I hesitate to say the normal test is to see if a "standard" wooden pencel will enter the bore! But that is a clue.

Of course you could shine a light into the chamber and see if you see the shoulder of the .30 luger chamber or simply a broken shell left in the chamber, or some other problem.

03-30-2017, 06:44 AM	#4
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,356 Times in 2,041 Posts	I do not see a 1916 DWM P 08 picture, but a non-dated luger with a commercial proof. Given your experience with the snap cap, it is likely .30 cal. I have no Idea where you are from your profile, so I hesitate to say the normal test is to see if a "standard" wooden pencel will enter the bore! But that is a clue. Of course you could shine a light into the chamber and see if you see the shoulder of the .30 luger chamber or simply a broken shell left in the chamber, or some other problem. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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