WWII Ammo

AGE · 11-18-2002, 12:06 AM

There have been some real bad experiences with overpressure Russian steel case 9 mm reported on this forum (or maybe the old one) a while back. One of them happened to me (locked up my S&W 3914 dead tight). I had to use a hammer to drive a long slender rod up the barrel to open up the gun--the slide couldn't be opened after firing. The case was found to be quite oversized. Fortunately, this was not a Luger and the S&W works fine.

More dramatic cases have occurred with Lugers. I won't touch Russian ammo (anymore).

11-18-2002, 12:06 AM	#10
AGE User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 597 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	There have been some real bad experiences with overpressure Russian steel case 9 mm reported on this forum (or maybe the old one) a while back. One of them happened to me (locked up my S&W 3914 dead tight). I had to use a hammer to drive a long slender rod up the barrel to open up the gun--the slide couldn't be opened after firing. The case was found to be quite oversized. Fortunately, this was not a Luger and the S&W works fine. More dramatic cases have occurred with Lugers. I won't touch Russian ammo (anymore). __________________ Al Eggers (AGE) NRA Life Member