9mm Nato in a Walther P1?

[Super Sneaky Steve]

I've heard people say to only shoot light 115gr bullets in this pistol and then I've heard people say the Nazis used to load them hot.

Anyway, I've got 4 boxes of 9mm Nato that a friend gave to me and I'd like to know if it's safe to shoot out of the only 9mm I own wich is a post war P1 (no hex nut).

Any ideas?

 

[tipoc]

Yes you can shoot them.

tipoc

 

[Bart Noir]

All the Nazi P-38's had steel frames.

Most post-war P-38s and P-1s have aluminum frames. The hex bolt (not nut) is a reinforcement to keep steel from wearing out aluminum.

So if you have a P-1 without that hex bolt, that was a good question to ask.

Suggest you bookmark this forum:

http://www.p38forum.com/

Bart Noir

 

[Dfariswheel]

The P-38/P1 was designed to shoot 124 grain standard ammo, not 115 grain.
It'll shoot both well.

As far as I know, the NATO standard 9mm is perfectly good for the P1, since that was what the Germans used in it.