38 Auto, and if you have a gun so marked you will see that the rim area of the chamber is bored a bit larger to accept the. Jim, the information on the subject I've read say that the Astra 400's that are marked 9MM/38 were intended to be shot with either the 9MM Largo or the. Late model Stars are very well made, and even if they could take the hammering why would one want to? The 9MM Largo round is more powerful than the 9MM Parabellum even though chamber pressures are lower. 38 Super round thinking it's one of the ones downloaded to 9MM Largo specs, and kaboom! 38 Super to 9MM Largo levels because case headstamp discipline is what distinguishes good practices from bad, and sure enough some day someone will grab a really hot. Most people won't spend the time to research data to that degree and with that much certainty. 38 Super factory loads, this is an area that requires the ability to do a lot of homework and even loading the 9MM Largo hot like that requires a great deal of personal responsibility. Many load data sources show loadings for 9MM Largo that actually exceed some brands of. 38 auto cartridge) these guns will chamber both. Many Spanish auto's are marked 9MM/38, they have the chamber opening opened a tad for rim of the. Some of the Astra pistols will do it, but I wouldn't trust a Star. I would not be comfortable shooting 9mm Luger in your gun, I don't know the model you named. 38 Super round, a decidedly dangerous situation, unless it is your intent to turn your pistol into a hand grenade. Your gun might also be capable of chambering the. Some 9mm Parabellum loadings are likely to be unsafe in your gun. However, you are very likely to have misfires, and feeding issues. You pistol might fire 9mm Luger (Parabellum) rounds, IF the extractor holds them against the breechface tightly enough to set them off. 38 ACP without modification, but other guns will not. circa 1972) the Astra Model 400 in 9mm long will handle. According to my old Cartridges of the World (4th edition, pub. The 9mm Bayard Long was the Spanish service cartridge for a while, and several spanish pistols were chambered for it. This implies that the 9mm Luger runs at a lower pressure when compared to the newer 9mm NATO round.BUT it is not the cartridge the gun was made to shoot. On the other hand, according to CIP, the 9mm NATO round should be loaded with a pressure of 36, 500 PSI. 9mm Luger ammo should be loaded in a SAAMI pressure of about 35,000 PSA and CIP (those from Europe should be loaded under a pressure of 34, 80 PSI). If you are an enthusiast of armor, you already know that the ammo industry normally uses SAAMI Standards to determine the pressure ammo should be loaded into. Apart from the most obvious difference of the bullet, 9mm rounds are loaded to a higher pressure than the 9mm Luger. I am stressing on this because there are people who will fight arguing that the specs of the 9mm Luger are similar those of a 9mm NATO round. Personally, I have to accept that it’s a lot of fun discussing such a topic- as in, is there any difference between a round that is loaded into a 9mm NATO pressure and one loaded into a 9mm Luger pressure? Of course, there is! Before we can even continue, it is important for you to acknowledge that indeed a big difference exists. The big question is, what is the difference between the 9mm and the 9mm Luger? This is not an easy question especially to people who don’t want to accept the reality. Well, there could be a few similarities with the appearance and the shape. So, you have already bought your gun, and you want to find out whether these rounds are similar? Or perhaps, you have been using the two types of rounds, and you are just curious whether the two rounds have any similarities?
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