Another M1930

[alvin]

Originally Posted by Curss

Alvin, did they ever convert existing Broomhandles to .30 Luger?

I don't think so. I have never met one.

In 1920s, Chinese warlords picked Broomhandles for a few reasons: (1) Most Lugers for exporting in 1920s were .30 Luger caliber, the cartridge is weaker than 7.63mm; (2) Luger's major role was a self-defense pistol, Broomhandle was designed more towards combat pistol, almost all of them coming with shoulder stocks. There were already many self-defense pistols over there, from FN 1900 to Ruby, all cheaper than Luger. It's hard for DWM to compete with other European gun makers in the self-defense pistol domain. And Mauser did not have much competition until Spanish came, but Spanish gun makers production capacity was only a fraction of Mauser's; (3) Luger had higher cleaning and ammo quality requirement than Broomhandle.

So, I doubt neither factory nor major historical user ever converted Broomhandles to .30 Luger caliber. Of course, private practice in US is possible.