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Geez, guys, you must have been smoking smokeless powder again. Before posting with a lot of caps and large type, did anyone of you ever try inserting a 9mm Luger round into a .30 Luger chamber? You can't get the round in without a sledge hammer. No, the OP was not firing 9mm in a 7.65 chamber. And it is not "unusual", dreamweaver, it is impossible.
Now that you have got the OP all confused, thinking his gun is broken, let's start over. The pistol is a standard P.08 (Luger), made in 1915 by Deutsche Waffen-und Munitions Fabriken (DWM). It was issued to the machinegun company of the 707th infantry regiment, where it was gun number 42. (An MG company had a lot of pistols, as they were issued to each gunner and assistant gunner.)
Any guns converted post-war to 7.65mm Luger had the date and military markings removed before being refinished. Pistols retained by the Reichswehr and the police were not converted, but guns in 9mm could not be manufactured without an OK from the Allies.
Now that "step". Starting from the back, is the fired case swelled up about .170" ahead of the base (where the markings are)? If so, that is simply case swelling, caused by a slightly oversize chamber or undersize ammo; very common and no problem. (Remington ammo is notorious for being undersize.)
In other words, there is no problem with your pistol, and you were not firing the wrong ammo. We just had some folks hit the panic button a bit too soon.
Jim
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