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pwillie
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..1918 Luger ,any brands?...I was told I needed hot loads to make the action work..??
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in full metal jacket NO hollow point
..1918 Luger ,any brands?...I was told I needed hot loads to make the action work..??
Thanks, anything else?
What you do need is a roundnose bullet at or near the maximum OAL to fill the magazine and hit the feed ramp right.
Perry is 100% correct. I could never get the domestic RP, FC, or WW to function reliably. Geco, RWS, SB, and Fiocchi would function reliably. If you reload, you can work up a load that will work.
Years ago I cromo'd the European stuff and it was indeed faster.
Yes, loads need to be near max and overall length is critical (1.160").
Bullets need to be RN although the first can be HP.
No flat nose or hollow point.
The original bullet was a tapered conical 124 grain flat point that was changed to a RN. I wouldn't waste any money trying to match it.
Fire a single round with an empty mag in place. If the Toggle (slide) doesn't lock back the charge isn't heavy enough.
Ackley published load of 6 grains Unique behind a 124 grain bullet seems to cycle my Lugers reliably so far. I haven't chronographed them yet.