Yet another Newb with a new Luger, and some post shoot questions.

[Sky Zero]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

It ain't the weight but the weight x velocity!

Original 9mm ammo was 124gr and still works just fine in a standard or normal velocity load.

Just stay away from NATO spec 124gr, it is hot.

doesn't higher weight mean more gun powder, thus hotter? maybe I've been getting definitions of grains totally wrong

[rhuff]

Originally Posted by Sky Zero

doesn't higher weight mean more gun powder, thus hotter? maybe I've been getting definitions of grains totally wrong

In the "loading business", as you increase the bullet weight, you decrease the powder loading in order to maintain chamber pressures within the std. pressures.

[Chickenthief]

Originally Posted by Sky Zero

doesn't higher weight mean more gun powder, thus hotter? maybe I've been getting definitions of grains totally wrong

Gunpowder is a funny thing:
Black powder will burn and build up pressure to a point (@3700bar~53.7kpsi) and then nothing much more happens.
Smokeless on the other hand will readily push 180kpsi given the posibillity.
Wich pretty much mean that you walk a razors edge when reloading modern powders.

This is a standard 45 ACP low pressure load with a bullet set back @1/4" and ended in the 176kpsi range give or take:


Oh, and the good old Kongsberg Colt needed a new barrel and it up and running happy again. And i learned to crimp my bullets in place!

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Sky Zero

doesn't higher weight mean more gun powder, thus hotter? maybe I've been getting definitions of grains totally wrong

No,
the amount of power = what someone decides to put into the cartridge.

You can buy 124 gr cartridges(124gr is the weight of the bullet) loaded to 1000 fps or "hotter" ones loaded to 1250 fps.

The amount of powder is also weighed in grains, but WAY fewer grains than the bullet weight, perhaps 3.0 gr to 10gr, depending on the powder.

[L1329]

So, I just had the chance to put another 150 rounds through it today, all Win white box. Not one issue, both new mags and the original mag worked perfectly, I couldn't be happier with how it functions. It's also really accurate, and surprisingly more than my other semi's. As you all know the sights make it a little difficult, but man it's right on as long as I hold the picture correctly. Holes in holes! My other half shot it very well too, and really likes it. Much more than any other semi auto she's tried. I can see that this gun is going to get a lot of work (or aquire some brothers), going to have to be careful not to use it up too fast.

Without a doubt, this is the most satisfying gun purchase I've ever made. Having something from an entirely different place in time, with so much unknown history to it, that still functions as if it were new is something really cool.

[rhuff]

Sounds like another happy Luger owner to me!!! Life is great when one's Luger works as advertised. Now, about your next Luger...