Hollowpoints For The Luger

[saxman]

Good point about hollowpoint edges catching on the magazine. I think hollowpoints should be made so the missing round nose (ogive) is accounted for in the OAL. In other words, if you load the hollowpoint out to roundnose OAL, the sharp edge has got to hang up on something. The correct OAL would be minus the missing round nose - imagine taking a regular military round of ball ammo and grinding a flat on the nose - that round won't hang up in the mag, because it's now shorter, but if you then pulled the bullet out of the case to the original overall length, you can see how it would hang up. I had some HPs made for .30 Carbine using the Speer #1835 'Hollowpoint Varminter', and that's what we did. Design OAL for the regular carbine ammo is 1.68", and we cut it back to 1.63". The crimp line on the bullet was still exposed, so they could have been set back even more. Even so, they load fine in the carbine and work in the mags. You may have to take your caliper and measure hollowpoint ammo before buying - it's all different.