

Of special note is the fact that all Luger Magazines are not created equally!! Over the years, I have found the OAL measurement to be absolutely critical to the proper functioning of a Luger, and have spent quite a bit of time developing proper OALs for each bullet type I handload. The German 1906 Navy Manual lists the following OAL for the 9MM:

Strangely, in later years when I picked up one of the DWM Owners Manuals (Repo) it gave the following OALs: 03937Ībout 30 years ago, I developed OALs that would shoot, without jaming, through my 9MM Lugers with their original magazines: OALs of German Military & Commercial and Pre WWII American Commercial 9MM Ammo as manufactured through 1945 (By Head Stamp):
