{"id":52612,"date":"2020-02-26T02:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=52612"},"modified":"2020-03-30T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T22:42:04","slug":"powells-cartridge-counter-luger-the-first-military-9mm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/02\/26\/powells-cartridge-counter-luger-the-first-military-9mm\/","title":{"rendered":"Powell&#8217;s Cartridge Counter Luger: The First Military 9mm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S3iuBDD5FrA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 10 Nov 2019<\/p>\n<p>The US first tested the Luger in 1901, and it seemed potentially good enough that the government spent $15,000 to buy 1,000 of the pistols (in 7.65mm Luger; the only cartridge available at the time) for field trials. The trials resulted in a variety of complaints, but particular among them was a dislike for the small caliber. In response, Georg Luger necked the 7.65mm round up to 9mm, and the US would be the first to trial the new model. After presenting 3 samples in 1903, Luger made a deal to swap 50 of the American 7.65mm pistols for 50 new 9mm ones. The US also specified that new guns had to be fitted with a cartridge counter grip system designed by one Graham Powell. The resulting guns (s\/n 22401-22450) were delivered in April of 1904.<\/p>\n<p>American testing did not find the 9mm much more satisfactory than the old 7.65mm, however. At the same time, the Thompson-La Garde tests of terminal ballistics were concluding that a new service pistol should be no less than .45 caliber. Luger would make one last effort to interest the US in 9mm with a duplex load in 1906, but this would also fail. 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