Original military 9mm Parabellum Bullet

[Bullwolf]

Bullwolf: Very nice pictures!

It looks like the 356402 has a longer, thinner nose than the original style?
Could you tell me the length of the cone and width of the meplat of the original bullets?

I am looking to get a mold for a P.08 (Luger) and would like to get the measurements as close as possible.

Thanks.

I don't know for sure if these bullets were intended for use in a Luger. They came along with my old Belgian Browning Hi Power which was purchased many years ago from a guard on a Naval base. Since one of the cartridges was obviously from 1918, I thought they might be relevant.

Measurements are all outside measurements taken with calipers, not a micrometer.

The Rem-UMC 9mm cartridge:
Meplat - 0.170 inches
Cone length - 0.305 inches

The Western 1918 9mm cartridge:
Meplat - 0.180 inches
Cone Length - 0.310 inches

Peters 9mm cartridge:
Meplat - 0.175
Did not really have a cone. Was more of a rounded flat nose.

For comparison.

Lyman 356402:
Meplat - 0.180 inches
Cone Length - 0.340 inches
Projectile OAL - 0.615 inches

You can probably look up the specs on the Lyman 356402 mould, to see how close my measurements really are.

I would think somewhere out there you'd be able to find the specs for the original 9mm Luger truncated cone bullet. Might even be found on a Luger forum.



- Bullwolf

[GWM]

Thanks, that is great. It will get me in the ballpark.

[Screwbolts]

GWM, you are apsolutly correct, it is your choice on who does your work, I know Verel is way up in years and does quality work when he can and I try to point him out to all I can. What ever your choice may be, it is the right one for you, it is possibly/clearly, your hard earned money, you will be trading for some pieces of metal with some holes in them.

Ken