Sharing & Questions - Family Luger

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

Sieger, you are going down the right path, I was being stupid, surely at Christmas you don't want me to admit it in an open forum?





ed

Hi:

You are not off base with your warnings!

I want you to know that I, personally, cracked the slide of a byf 43 P-38 by shooting some hot Gun Show reloaded 9mm my Dad, unknowingly, purchased in Florida.

Later, I read that the 1943 Mauser production was known for cracked slides. Acutally, it was an error in design, as it cracked where the locking block engages the slide (thin metal here).

Our new Army Berretta uses this same locking system as the P-38 and is also known for cracked slides.

The ammo they are shooting through these new pistols (125 gr @ approx. 1260 fps) is some 20% stronger than the original 9MM Luger load (123 gr @ 1076 FPS) so watch out for surplus U.S. military ammo through a Luger!!

Sieger