C96 Ammo?

[gunner]

Hi Randy,

that is good shooting! We have both pistols and 2 variants of the P08, the normal one and the Artillery Model P08L and the C96 as the Red Nine. By shooting all of them with the Buttstock and the right ammo, there is no difference in the accuracy. Shooting offhand is better with the P08 because the backsight of the C96 starts at 300 yards so you have to aim deep. The biggest difference is with the ammo. We use bullets from H&N For its advantage of beeing thin coppered lead bullets that will fit perfectly to the barrel. The P08 needs lighter ones with more speed than the C96. At the last competition it was a speed shot with 15 rounds at 25 yards on a ISSF pistol target the Long Luger P08 made 143 points and the C96 149 from 150. There was not a really advantage for the P08. I dont know where to buy a P08 at the States, over here we had the luck that a collector at Hamburg sell all the ones that are not looking good enough to him or such ones where have no all matching numbers. He has a bit more than 300 of it!!!

Regards

Gunner

[Randy A]

Thanks, I wish I'd picked one up when I was stationed in Mannheim. $900.00 is the cheapest I've seen one around here, not alot of them around in Montana.