tark
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With me it is this one: It is unsafe to shoot 7.62X25 Tokarev in a C-96 because it is loaded to much higher pressures.
No, it isn't.
Tok ammo is loaded to the same pressures as 9mm, according to the CIP. Saami doesn't list pressures for Tok ammo but 9mm comes in at 35,000PSI, supers are 36,5000 and 9+P is at 38,5000. Broomies had no trouble handling the 9X25 Mauser round which was loaded to 37,5000 PSI. If your C-96 is in good shape with fresh springs it is perfectly safe to shoot 7.62X25 ammo in it.
And don't start in with " look out for submachine gun ammo" or "stay away from the Czech CZ-52 ammo." The former doesn't exist ( never did, ask johnnyC ) and the latter is another myth. Cz-52 ammo is not higher pressure than any other 7.62X25 The Warsaw Pact would never have allowed one member to load higher pressure ammo that might damage the other members pistols.
As an interesting aside, what do you think would happen if you chambered and fired a 9mm round in a 7.63 C-96. (You can do this.) Answer: Nothing. It has been done, and the result was a very loooong 30 caliber bullet flying downrange. The C-96 was undamaged. Tough enough for me.
No, it isn't.
Tok ammo is loaded to the same pressures as 9mm, according to the CIP. Saami doesn't list pressures for Tok ammo but 9mm comes in at 35,000PSI, supers are 36,5000 and 9+P is at 38,5000. Broomies had no trouble handling the 9X25 Mauser round which was loaded to 37,5000 PSI. If your C-96 is in good shape with fresh springs it is perfectly safe to shoot 7.62X25 ammo in it.
And don't start in with " look out for submachine gun ammo" or "stay away from the Czech CZ-52 ammo." The former doesn't exist ( never did, ask johnnyC ) and the latter is another myth. Cz-52 ammo is not higher pressure than any other 7.62X25 The Warsaw Pact would never have allowed one member to load higher pressure ammo that might damage the other members pistols.
As an interesting aside, what do you think would happen if you chambered and fired a 9mm round in a 7.63 C-96. (You can do this.) Answer: Nothing. It has been done, and the result was a very loooong 30 caliber bullet flying downrange. The C-96 was undamaged. Tough enough for me.