German military ammo velocity

[Sieger]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Herb:
<strong>Art, in Fred Datig's book 'The Luger Pistol' on page 198 he gives the following info; 9m/m Luger Bullet Weight 124 grains with a velocity of 1250 fps. Headstamp was DWM 480C. Unfortunately he does not tie this info to either WWI or WW2.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Herb:

I've heard Datig sited before on this subject, but have never found figures like this in any of the original German texts I've examined.

The 480C round you mention is the same one Frank is also discussing, as it was the original DWM TC 9mm round.

Again, I should be able to test some original ammo in a month or so. This won't really be conclusive either, because of the age of this ammo, but it should at least answer some of my basic questions regarding it.

Sieger