Cartridges are too short

[ithacaartist]

This is interesting. If a lowball bid will yield some .30 ammo that is other than the readily available standard fare, I will add it to my little collection. I measured some, and here are the results:

Winchester White Box......................1.150 x

Winchester Red and Yellow Box.......1.150 x

Remington Green and Yellow Box.....1.131 x

Remington Dark Green Box..............1.134

Fiocchi Gray Box Brown Printing.......1.127 x

Fiocchi Purple Box............................1.119 x

According to the discussion, I'm amazed that any of this stuff works at all, but my shooter works without complaints.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

This is interesting. If a lowball bid will yield some .30 ammo that is other than the readily available standard fare, I will add it to my little collection. I measured some, and here are the results:

Winchester White Box......................1.150

Winchester Red and Yellow Box.......1.150

Remington Green and Yellow Box.....1.131

Remington Dark Green Box..............1.134

Fiocchi Gray Box Brown Printing.......1.127

Fiocchi Purple Box............................1.119

According to the discussion, I'm amazed that any of this stuff works at all, but my shooter works without complaints.

You are indeed "blessed", it all of those will work!

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

This is interesting. If a lowball bid will yield some .30 ammo that is other than the readily available standard fare, I will add it to my little collection. I measured some, and here are the results:

Winchester White Box......................1.150

Winchester Red and Yellow Box.......1.150

Remington Green and Yellow Box.....1.131

Remington Dark Green Box..............1.134

Fiocchi Gray Box Brown Printing.......1.127

Fiocchi Purple Box............................1.119

According to the discussion, I'm amazed that any of this stuff works at all, but my shooter works without complaints.

Hi;

Can you shoot a full magazine of 8, with no jamming, with all of these?

Though I'm not doubting your honesty, I would seriously doubt a Luger would pull this off.

Sieger

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by Sieger

Hi;

Can you shoot a full magazine of 8, with no jamming, with all of these?

Though I'm not doubting your honesty, I would seriously doubt a Luger would pull this off.

Sieger

I must confess that my statement is not in absolute terms! But in response to your question, I'd say noticeably more often than not. I used the gun in IDPA matches with that Berdan primed Scandinavian surplus ammo that Samco sold before they closed the business. The combination presented no consistent issues, though I can't say there weren't more stoppages than the one round I do remember dropping the mag to clear.

I did have some trouble with some boxes of Fiocchi SJSP rounds which seemed to be gritty on the business ends, with a thin film of corrosion. They would bind in the mag, until I shined up the ends again. I'm glad that is gone.

Maybe my love for the gun inspires selective validation! So, I will do a test and pay attention. I usually don't shoot the old, odd stuff, but use Fiocchi at home, where I can save the boxer primed brass. I will shoot two MecGar mags of each over the next few days and report back with results. Here are two more OAL:

Swedish surplus........1.167

Norma.....................1.151