cal. 1902 Carbine

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally Posted by gmborkovic

Saw a 1902 carbine at the Club Show . It is chambered for 9mm?
Vendor/collector said it is one of ten. He got the gun from Charles
Kenyon, Jr. I have read "Lugers at Random" and found no 9mm,
just 30 cal? Any input. Mike

All the reliable reports are carbines in 7,65 mm (.30 cal.). The contemporary DWM cartridge catalog includes a carbine cartridge in 9mm, so the existence of the corresponding weapon must not be ruled out.

Ron is quite correct in the necessity of observing a "step" in the chamber. This is not a chamber marking, it is an actual machining characteristic of the chamber reaming and a requirement for authenticating early DWM 9mm pistols. (It must be noted here that I posses an assuredly counterfeit Old Model short-frame pistol in 9mm with a stepped chamber, so authenticating a 9mm carbine must combine the presence of a stepped chamber with other recognized characteristics.)

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...mber+machining

--Dwight