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From: bobd@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Bob DeBula)
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Subject: Re: Birth of the 9mm (.30 Luger)
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Date: 20 Jun 91 14:39:40 GMT
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In article <35705@mimsy.umd.edu> boyd@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes:
#
#I accede that the 9mm is a step up from the old .30 Luger.  However, with 
#modern components in a modern gun (both of which would be hard to find in 
#this caliber :-), who's to say?  It has about as much chance as the 9mm 
#did, hee hee.  
#

Ummm, actually, I have seen Walther P-38s and Browning High Powers in
.30 Luger in  addition to P-08s. The Walther P-38 I saw about 15 years
ago -- wish I'd bought it as I would've gotten a "deal" because it was such
a slow mover! The High Powers in .30 Luger were produced as recently as two
years ago (according to the shops information, they were a contract overrun
for some police or military organization). The .30 Luger High Powers were
also adverstised in "Shotgun News" for quite a while as a very limited 
availability item. The components and reloading tools aren't that hard
to *find* they're just that *expensive* :-). 

Actually, if you can find an out of the way type of old gun shop,
sometimes you can find components/dies for this cartridge *real* cheap.
They may have left the original price tag on (from the 50's or 60's)
or they may *really* be happy at the prospect of getting it out of their
inventory and give you a deal. Alas, these types of places are fading fast.

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Bob DeBula                    | Disclaimer: These are my views, not the U's