tark
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For years I have been engaged on running arguments with multiple people on this forum on the subject of shooting Tokarev ammo in a C-96. I have done it for years. I have been told it is not a wise thing to do because the Tok ammo is loaded hotter. (As in to mean higher pressures ) I have maintained that that is false, but I have never been able to find concrete evidence to back my claim. I did know that Small Arms of the World listed the German loading for the Mauser round was much faster than the Russian round, 1575 FPS vs 1390, both with 85 gr. bullets, but that doesn't necessarily mean higher pressures. I could not find anything on the SAAMI website listing pressures for either round.
This chart was posted in another thread and it is the CIP numbers for each round. I'm not sure what "PT max" or "PK" or "PE" mean but I assume they are references to pressure. Notice that the Mauser round has higher numbers than the Tok in every category except "M" where the two have the same number.
It seems to me that the Mauser is the higher pressure round, based on the numbers I'm seeing. Can anybody out there explain what the letters M, PT max, PK and PE on this chart mean? I think I may have proven my point. (Or made an idiot of myself. Again )
This chart was posted in another thread and it is the CIP numbers for each round. I'm not sure what "PT max" or "PK" or "PE" mean but I assume they are references to pressure. Notice that the Mauser round has higher numbers than the Tok in every category except "M" where the two have the same number.
It seems to me that the Mauser is the higher pressure round, based on the numbers I'm seeing. Can anybody out there explain what the letters M, PT max, PK and PE on this chart mean? I think I may have proven my point. (Or made an idiot of myself. Again )