Interesting item on the Bay

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by alanint

Very few Lugers were ever converted to "Full Auto". Most of these conversions are well documented. I've been lucky enough to fire one example.

I've read about these... What was it like? Did it have that "floaty" feeling others have described with a Thompson? What sort of rate of fire? (I'd guess 20-24 rounds a second) I had an Erma ep-22 go auto for 3-4 shots, they went pretty quick!

[nukem556]

I've fired a lot of full-auto and have a Uzi SMG.....I ...ahem...."fiddled" with the sear bar on my 1936 S/42 a little too much one time looking for a lighter trigger pull....it was easily 1700-1800 rpm...way faster than a MG42..the 6 rounds in the mag made one loud roar, and it was pointed at the sky.....a little scary, yup.

[rhuff]

Originally Posted by nukem556

I've fired a lot of full-auto and have a Uzi SMG.....I ...ahem...."fiddled" with the sear bar on my 1936 S/42 a little too much one time looking for a lighter trigger pull....it was easily 1700-1800 rpm...way faster than a MG42..the 6 rounds in the mag made one loud roar, and it was pointed at the sky.....a little scary, yup.

I, also, had a Luger go full auto but I only had 3 rounds in the mag. Boy, that toggle train action is FAST!! It just sounded like one round. Needless to say, it got my attention, and the folks at the range. I have tried to make sure that it does not repeat that episode.

[alanint]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

I've read about these... What was it like? Did it have that "floaty" feeling others have described with a Thompson? What sort of rate of fire? (I'd guess 20-24 rounds a second) I had an Erma ep-22 go auto for 3-4 shots, they went pretty quick!

The gun is very fast at 1,200-1,400 RPM. The action does feel odd as there is no pushback but an odd climb. With a stock and Trommel mag it is still a fun experience.

I now forget which period conversion this was, but the gun belongs to a local collector and is the one featured in Sturgess's book.