Anyone own or ever fired a Luger?

[Brutuskend]

A friend of mine in the Corps had a Navy Luger and I got to fire it once.

NICE Pistols.

 

[Marauder-]

Nope

 

[Looney]

Luger? Aren't they german?

 

[iwearnosox]

Yeah!

Oh, I thought you said loogie...

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Yup, neat gun. Haven't shot one in about 10 years or so though. If I could ever find one for a decent price I'd be all over it.

 

[Looney]

Are you guys talking about the WW2 german gun?

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Are you guys talking about the WW2 german gun?

Actually, it's a pre-WWI gun. The name stems from it's creator Georg Luger. Official German military designation is P-08 or Pistole Model 1908 for the year it was adopted. A very unique and complicated gun, employed a proprietory "toggle action" mechanism which required extremely fine tolerances of all moving parts, thus making them expensive and difficult to produce. It was replaced in 1938 by Walther P-38 which became the world's first service double action pistol.

What makes Luger so comfortable to shoot is the curve of the handle which makes for a natural, unobtrusive grip. The only other service gun that replicates this grip is Glock.

 

[Looney]

I was going to say... i think i prefer a Glock than a WW2 weapon.

 

[Tetsuo]

No, I've never slammed my forearm, which has a metal plate in it on anyone

 

[BatmanNate]

I've fired both the Luger and the Glock 9, and the luger felt a lot more accurate.

 

[imported_Mike]

my grandfather has one from wwii, but i have never gotten to shoot it.

 

[Aquaman]

I fired a ruger before

No Luger but it would be cool to try one.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[sharkeeper]

Yes. Pointed at wall, hit the ceiling. Sits in box for now.

-DAK-

 

[Kaieye]

Yeah, about 15 years ago. No big deal...

 

[phantom309]

Many times - my dad had one. It jammed a lot and had a rather nasty kick for a 9mm IIRC.

 

[nmcglennon]

Ya nice guns, I fired an old Luger that was a relic picked up in WWII... the Germans are some master engineers/designers...

 

[Gage8]

they are a nice piece of equipment...sadly i never got the opportunity to shoot one. Glocks are nice though.

 

[thenerdguy]

My grandpa brought one pack from WWII. He also brought back severial other weapons.

 

[Flatline]

Smooth action and pretty accurate (as long as it's been taken care of)

 

[MainFramed]

Never tried, maybe some day

 

[UNCjigga]

I fired one once, but there are no witnesses alive to prove it