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Unread 07-03-2003, 10:35 AM   #4
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There are occasions when I wish for a not quite standard barrel. I like the five inch length which is not common. I would like a five inch 30 caliber barrel withe same outside diminsions as the 9 mm barrel. At present I have three 30 Lugers with more or less five inch barrels. Two are pipe stem barrels on Swiss style Mauser re-intros. One is a 9 mm outside size on a 1942 Mauser. This latter barrel has no markings but runs the nominal 311 groove diameter so I suspect it might have been put on in Europe.

But if I find a good candidate for Thor with a rough bore I'd lkike to put a five inch barrel on it. Or maybe on an Aimco stainless with full toggle knobs. They offer a five inch pipe stem with the half knurled style knobs.

Given the availablity of 308 bullets a 308 barrel might not be so bad.

Of course this gets into the quandry of having different loads for different guns of the more or less same nominal chambering. For example hot 45 Colt loads versus having a revolver around chambered for the 1909 Colt 45. This will chamber a 45 Colt but is not suitable for hot loads. Super hot 44 Special loads that can only be used in Revolvers that are up to handling them. Then there is the 7.63 Mauser vs 7.62 Tokerav morass.

Guess I could really complicate things by coming up with an 8 mm wildcat for the Luger.
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