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<blockquote data-quote="xseler" data-source="post: 3279102" data-attributes="member: 43753"><p>I was 'test feeding' my new to me 1940 Luger last week to make sure everything was good to go --- well, it wouldn't cycle the cartridges. The magazines were original to the gun and weren't 100% on the top. Hmmm, so I decided to order some repro magazines to use and just store the originals. After I placed the order, I was doing a little more research and discovered that some owners said that their Lugers were very particular to the length and shape of the bullet.</p><p></p><p>That got me to thinking. I don't guess that I had paid much attention to the shape of the projectiles since all my modern pistols in 9mm pretty much ate anything. There are differences! (Duh, some of ya'll just said!)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]144462[/ATTACH]</p><p>The cartridge on the right is regular Remington brown box. The left one is Speer Lawman. Both are 115gr FMJ. The Remington is shorter overall and kinda stubby. The Speer Lawman is a touch longer and much more 'pointy'. The Remington refused to feed at all. The Speer Lawman worked slicker than butter!! I would've bet money the shorter cartridge should have worked better...…….glad I didn't bet ---I hate to pay myself.</p><p></p><p>Just something that made me go, "Hmmmmm."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xseler, post: 3279102, member: 43753"] I was 'test feeding' my new to me 1940 Luger last week to make sure everything was good to go --- well, it wouldn't cycle the cartridges. The magazines were original to the gun and weren't 100% on the top. Hmmm, so I decided to order some repro magazines to use and just store the originals. After I placed the order, I was doing a little more research and discovered that some owners said that their Lugers were very particular to the length and shape of the bullet. That got me to thinking. I don't guess that I had paid much attention to the shape of the projectiles since all my modern pistols in 9mm pretty much ate anything. There are differences! (Duh, some of ya'll just said!) [ATTACH=full]144462[/ATTACH] The cartridge on the right is regular Remington brown box. The left one is Speer Lawman. Both are 115gr FMJ. The Remington is shorter overall and kinda stubby. The Speer Lawman is a touch longer and much more 'pointy'. The Remington refused to feed at all. The Speer Lawman worked slicker than butter!! I would've bet money the shorter cartridge should have worked better...…….glad I didn't bet ---I hate to pay myself. Just something that made me go, "Hmmmmm." [/QUOTE]
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