my first LUGER - ITALIAN REGULATIONS!!

paolo.orange · 07-26-2007, 09:59 AM

Ciao Marco and welcome on board,
I'm from Milan too.

If the chamber is originally built as 9x19, to make the gun legal here in Italy it must be reamed to 9x21. This of course greatly decrease the value of the item, but it's our law. Only military, law enforcement, and museums can have 9x19.

Karl is 100% right, it's absolutely silly making 9x21 legal and 9x19 not. The issue that it's a "military" caliber really makes no sense because we can legaly shot much hotter"military cartriges" like .223, .308, .45ACP even .50 without any problem.

OAL of 9x21 and 9x19 are just the same (well, we know that P08 like longer then SAAMI rounds) and the magazine seem having no problem to manage 2 mm longer brass. Hand loading 9x21 is a pice of cake and you can easily and legaly make a round at NATO pressure.

Ciao,

P.S.: Marco, ti suggerisco di scrivere in corsivo perchÃ?Â¨ l'uso del maiuscolo Ã?Â¨ considerato "urlato" e poco amichevole. Ciao

07-26-2007, 09:59 AM	#7
paolo.orange User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Ciao Marco and welcome on board, I'm from Milan too. If the chamber is originally built as 9x19, to make the gun legal here in Italy it must be reamed to 9x21. This of course greatly decrease the value of the item, but it's our law. Only military, law enforcement, and museums can have 9x19. Karl is 100% right, it's absolutely silly making 9x21 legal and 9x19 not. The issue that it's a "military" caliber really makes no sense because we can legaly shot much hotter"military cartriges" like .223, .308, .45ACP even .50 without any problem. OAL of 9x21 and 9x19 are just the same (well, we know that P08 like longer then SAAMI rounds) and the magazine seem having no problem to manage 2 mm longer brass. Hand loading 9x21 is a pice of cake and you can easily and legaly make a round at NATO pressure. Ciao, P.S.: Marco, ti suggerisco di scrivere in corsivo perchÃ?Â¨ l'uso del maiuscolo Ã?Â¨ considerato "urlato" e poco amichevole. Ciao __________________ Grace under fire, business as usual.