![]() ![]() When looking for ammo to shoot through your Luger, keep in mind that these pistols are 100 years old. On the topic of ammunition, I’ll give the same advice I always do for something of this vintage. ![]() This became the generic 115gr FMJ 9mm load that we have grown accustomed to. A round-nosed bullet was picked this time and it improved the Luger’s reliability. It was effective but it was found to exacerbate the P.08’s reliability issues in the field. It was used into the opening days of the First World War. The original 9mm load used a truncated cone bullet. The lug on the back of the grip is where the “holster-stock” mounted when it was in use. Just make sure you do some research first to make sure you stay legal. Some of these old stocked handgun combinations were specifically exempted from SBR regulations, so it is possible to try this idea out. So naturally, a compact, rapid-firing weapon-at least in comparison to the bolt action rifles then in service-would be popular with them. This stands to reason, given that submachine guns weren’t invented until the very end of the war. C96 “Broomhandle” Mausers and stocked Lugers were apparently fairly popular with German “Strosstruppen” (translated Storm Troops, but not to be confused with the Nazi political elements that used the same name 15 years later) assault troops. Interestingly enough, I have read some accounts of these sorts of “stocked handguns” actually seeing some use in WWI. As such P.08s have a lug on the back of the grip where the stock would mount. The idea was that it would enable the shooter to accurately engage targets at a greater distance than a “stockless” handgun could. The early Luger holsters were wood and intended to double as a detachable stock. Lugers also have a peculiar feature that was unique to pistols of that era: the holster-stock. The Luger magazine is loaded using the tab on the side, very similar to Ruger. ![]()
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