7.65/380 interchnable?

318is_Parabellum · 01-29-2014, 07:48 PM

Hayhugh, your pistol is chambered for the .30 Luger round (7.65x21mm). The .30 Mauser round is 7.63x25mm. The Germans knew the .380cal round as the 9mm Kurz (9mm Short -- 9x17mm).

The true experts will be able to tell you more about the similarities and differences between bullet weights and diameters for .30 Luger and .30 Mauser.

Just in case, never use the dimensionally similar Soviet 7.63x25Tokarev round in a 7.63mm "broomhandle". The Soviet round is loaded much hotter, and will likely damage a C-96.

01-29-2014, 07:48 PM	#2
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	Hayhugh, your pistol is chambered for the .30 Luger round (7.65x21mm). The .30 Mauser round is 7.63x25mm. The Germans knew the .380cal round as the 9mm Kurz (9mm Short -- 9x17mm). The true experts will be able to tell you more about the similarities and differences between bullet weights and diameters for .30 Luger and .30 Mauser. Just in case, never use the dimensionally similar Soviet 7.63x25Tokarev round in a 7.63mm "broomhandle". The Soviet round is loaded much hotter, and will likely damage a C-96.