Right Ammo to the luger.

[Jan-Erik]

Hi I am new (from Norway)to the forum and I have a question about the ammo.
During the years (50s , 60s and a little in to the 70s)after the WWII the norwegian airforce used the Luger as the main pistol.

HAving been with my father at the shooting range many many times and being an active competition shooter it was one main problem with the Luger. Malfunctioning and especially with the empty shell standing up like a chimney.
There were a lot of theories about what it coul be from magazine to everything else.
The main reason for the malfunctioning was that hard military ammo were used. Much harder than the black german ammo made for the Luger.

What specs should a good and functional ammo for the Luger be??

One solution for the mal functioning was to increase the mass of the barrel. So the competion pistols were modified and functioned quite well, but the pistol seemed to be very sensitive to the ammo.

I would appreciate comments please