What can you tell me about the 30 Luger - The Firearms Forum

dbltap · 11-09-2009, 10:09 PM

What history can you tell me about the 30 Luger caliber? Is it in production and by who? Is it a cheap round or expensive? Compared to the 9mm is it superior or not?

Thanks

RandyP · 11-10-2009, 08:47 AM

Google is your friend. There is a Wiki and several other references.

zb338 · 11-10-2009, 08:56 AM

I have a Luger chambered for .30 Luger. It is basically the 9MM necked
down to .30 caliber. It shoots a little 90 grain bullet that's fairly flat
shooting and very accurate. It has very little power as a defence round.
The story is that after WW1 the Germans were told they could not have
guns 9MM or larger. They took their Lugers and rebarreled them to .30 Luger.
Same gun, same clip, just a different barrel. Slip a 9MM barrel onto a .30
and you have a 9. Germans are pretty smart guys. The Browning Hi-Power
came chambered in .30 Luger for a while. There are still some around. It's a
fun little cartridge but pretty obsolete. Better off with something more modern.
Zeke

Ursus · 11-10-2009, 09:49 AM

The 9mm Para. evolved from the .30 Luger, aka 7.65 x 21 mm., and 7.65 Luger as a request from the German Army to adopt the Luger pistol as a standard issue, in 1902. The .30 Luger itself, was introduced in 1898

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dbltap V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 110	What can you tell me about the 30 Luger What history can you tell me about the 30 Luger caliber? Is it in production and by who? Is it a cheap round or expensive? Compared to the 9mm is it superior or not? Thanks -->

11-10-2009, 08:47 AM	#2
RandyP V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 439	Re: What can you tell me about the 30 Luger Google is your friend. There is a Wiki and several other references. __________________ Lee Anniversary and Lee Classic 4-Hole Turret, presently reloading .380, 7.62 Nagant (32-20), 9mm and 45ACP

11-10-2009, 08:56 AM	#3
zb338 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Recently moved to Pennsylvania. Posts: 286	Re: What can you tell me about the 30 Luger I have a Luger chambered for .30 Luger. It is basically the 9MM necked down to .30 caliber. It shoots a little 90 grain bullet that's fairly flat shooting and very accurate. It has very little power as a defence round. The story is that after WW1 the Germans were told they could not have guns 9MM or larger. They took their Lugers and rebarreled them to .30 Luger. Same gun, same clip, just a different barrel. Slip a 9MM barrel onto a .30 and you have a 9. Germans are pretty smart guys. The Browning Hi-Power came chambered in .30 Luger for a while. There are still some around. It's a fun little cartridge but pretty obsolete. Better off with something more modern. Zeke

11-10-2009, 09:49 AM	#4
Ursus Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: El Salvador, Central America. Posts: 1,030	Re: What can you tell me about the 30 Luger The 9mm Para. evolved from the .30 Luger, aka 7.65 x 21 mm., and 7.65 Luger as a request from the German Army to adopt the Luger pistol as a standard issue, in 1902. The .30 Luger itself, was introduced in 1898 __________________ SI VIS PACEM, PARABELLUM.