Swed Mod 1907

[jdmcomp]

My wife is rounding out her collection of Swedish Military pistols ( along with a M40 and a M87) and recently bought a Mod 1907 complete with holster and magazines. The gun is in very nice to excellent condition. I know that they were originally in 9mmLong but this one is 380. The barrel is stamped with the last three digits of the serial number. Some claim that resellers converted these pistols, and others state that the Sweds did the conversion while in military use. Can anyone point me to the correct answer? I am looking for a source of information which is attributable. Thanks, John McP

PS Looking for a M71

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[jdmcomp]

Answering my own question, a small insert was placed in the chamber of the original barrel to shorten it to take the 380. Now, I have obtained a 9mm Browning Long barrel so wife can shoot either shell in her gun. I noticed the extractor cut is different in the barrels with the original being somewhat wider and deeper. The new barrel fits and will allow the slide to close and the extractor fits in the recess. Does anyone know about the two different extractor cuts used in the 1903/1908 series Colt pistols?

[Dutchman]

The .380 acp conversion was a US importer job. It was not done, never done in Sweden.

A little hint about such things. The Swedish, and most all of Europe, use metric calibers and not decimals. UK being the only one to use decimal calibers. And the use of "cal" for "cal .380" doesn't jive with "kaliber" in Swedish.

Not a lot of information yet.
http://dutchman.rebooty.com/m07-pistol.html

Dutchman

[jdmcomp]

Thanks Dutchman, That helps. By the way, again answering my own question, the extractor in the Colt was enlarged when the 380 model came out and since the gun could easily be converted to 32 the barrel on both models was cut for the larger 380 extractor. However, this did not explain the difference in the barrels I have for the Swed. Both would seem to work and function but I have not yet fired the pistol in either caliber, or kaliber. As for the description of the caliber, I would note that this particular caliber, .380, goes under several different designations, and not all of the differences are metric. Just depends on what country you are in at the time I guess. (.380 Auto, .380 Short, 9mm Browning, 9mm Corto, 9mm Kurz or 9mm Short, and 9x17mm)

[smellie]

.380 might go by a bunch of different names, but your 9mm Browning Long doesn't appear to, except for Service names.

Nice thing is that it's an easy cartridge to handload and it also is easy to make up. A friend has one of these birds, and it has been my job to make up his ammo, trimming .38 Super brass and loading the stuff up with the case-mouth coned very slightly over the ogive of the bullet. Works very well.

Acording to him, these are nice, accurate, mild guns and they are a lot of fun.
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