spacecoast
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I wasn't sure where to post this, but thought the C&R forum was as good a place as any. Doesn't really seem to fit "Competition".
After yesterday's regular NRA Outdoor Conventional Pistol (Bullseye) match at the local range, we had a 30-round "fun match" - National Match Course format (10 rounds slow fire at 50 yards, 10 rounds Timed Fire and 10 rounds Rapid Fire, both at 25 yards). My "fun gun" for the day was my .30 cal Commercial "Alphabet" Luger (manufactured around 1922 - k suffix).
I was a little apprehensive about shooting the gun in a match where reliability is paramount because I had only tried a dozen rounds each of several reload recipes in it before yesterday and had reloaded fewer than 100 rounds of .30 Luger total. I even took a 9mm Luger and ammo as a backup in case the .30s wouldn't feed reliably. However, the gun ran flawlessly for all 30 rounds using 4.1 gr. of AA#2 under the 93 grain bullets and brass I picked up from GT at the Luger Forum.
Shooting-wise, I was pretty pleased as well. Even with the typically heavy, creepy Luger trigger, 3-7/8" barrel, fixed "V" sights and lack of trigger time with the gun, I put all 30 shots on paper and had a 72 at slow fire, 87 at timed fire and 81 at rapid fire for a 240/300 aggregate. For comparison purposes, I normally shoot around 800 in a 900 match, averaging 82-85 slow fire and 92-94 timed and rapid fire with a nice High Standard .22 (iron sights).
After yesterday's regular NRA Outdoor Conventional Pistol (Bullseye) match at the local range, we had a 30-round "fun match" - National Match Course format (10 rounds slow fire at 50 yards, 10 rounds Timed Fire and 10 rounds Rapid Fire, both at 25 yards). My "fun gun" for the day was my .30 cal Commercial "Alphabet" Luger (manufactured around 1922 - k suffix).
I was a little apprehensive about shooting the gun in a match where reliability is paramount because I had only tried a dozen rounds each of several reload recipes in it before yesterday and had reloaded fewer than 100 rounds of .30 Luger total. I even took a 9mm Luger and ammo as a backup in case the .30s wouldn't feed reliably. However, the gun ran flawlessly for all 30 rounds using 4.1 gr. of AA#2 under the 93 grain bullets and brass I picked up from GT at the Luger Forum.
Shooting-wise, I was pretty pleased as well. Even with the typically heavy, creepy Luger trigger, 3-7/8" barrel, fixed "V" sights and lack of trigger time with the gun, I put all 30 shots on paper and had a 72 at slow fire, 87 at timed fire and 81 at rapid fire for a 240/300 aggregate. For comparison purposes, I normally shoot around 800 in a 900 match, averaging 82-85 slow fire and 92-94 timed and rapid fire with a nice High Standard .22 (iron sights).