Thread: Plus P in P38?
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Old 06-09-2011, 08:30 PM
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It's often said that a Luger 'needs' high pressure ammo to function correctly. It certainly needs something above minimum loads in most every case to work correctly, but (high) chamber pressure rounds alone won't always lead to flawless functioning.

I have a couple that function perfectly with Rem/UMC 115gr FMJ. One is a 1908 Commercial with a mismatched top/bottom, a Schmeisser mag and a poorly worked over sear. Some others like a BYF42 all matching won't get 3 rounds off w/o a FTFeed.
Lugers can be very partial to one ammo or another, unlike some other types of pistols.

The P38's always functioned great with the same stuff.
I've retired both and shoot a P1 instead with it. 100% reliability & no worry about damaging a collectable. Though some of the post war guns are approaching that status too.
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