Luger 45 Art

[LugerMan.com]

FYI:
Prototype #4 featured in the article returned home this week.

it has a job to do.
It's a promotional tool.
It will travel to other publications and web sites for reviews.

It is also a test subject that will be fired many more rounds, to find weak spots of the design for future improvements to design.

I still have frames numbered 47 and 48 from 2017 run.

I do not have slides for them, slides are been run now and in 10-12 weeks these two frames will be dressed in to fully functional guns.

One of them will serve as a base for 10mm carbine that will stay in house.
Another frame is going to be up for grabs.
Estimated availability of that one gun is 3 month.
We are also working on target toggle, so it may end up with a target toggle and heavy profile high post barrel I am thinking 8 inch or so.

With most of the small parts already milled for the next 50 units for 2018, most with overruns to 60 - 90 counts.
We got slides to do (8-10 weeks); frames (16-20 weeks) and we will start assembly of 2018 units in the sequence of the incoming orders.

If anyone here has any means of publishing a review that will get visibility
and interested in receiving a Luger 45 #4 to play with for a week or two please let me know, we can arrange a delivery to an FFL of your choice.

[Michael Zeleny]

Originally Posted by LugerMan.com

If anyone here has any means of publishing a review that will get visibility
and interested in receiving a Luger 45 #4 to play with for a week or two please let me know, we can arrange a delivery to an FFL of your choice.

I would be honored to review your masterwork, Eugene. I have a fair bit of international street cred as a researcher of Swiss, French, and German pistols. Additionally, I would recommend calling upon Leroy Thompson, the most learned gun scholar currently active.

[LugerMan.com]

#47 sold pending deposit.

[ithacaartist]

Eugene, I hope Hickok45 on YouTube gets a chance to try it out and review it. He's quite popular, and a great place for exposure.

[LugerMan.com]

I attempted to contact him, but was turned down. If anyone has any personal connection and can help get the spot under his sunlight , that will help. I got some sort of feedback that they only review guns in production. Which I know is not true, as they reviewed c96 Mauser and WWII lugers. I found that strange.

[Zorba]

In the meantime, you might consider a youtube video of your own. Show the gun in detail, and show somebody (I volunteer! ) shooting it.

"Forgotten Weapons" may be interested in it too.

[LugerMan.com]

Originally Posted by Zorba

In the meantime, you might consider a youtube video of your own. Show the gun in detail, and show somebody (I volunteer! ) shooting it.

"Forgotten Weapons" may be interested in it too.

They actually are interested and that's were it's going next.

after we do our own video this week.

[cirelaw]

Forgotten weapons is also fine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIX1EL1hTmE You are a true master and there are no videos showing the steps and hard work!!! I'm sure you don't have much if any time! You showed the doubters that its really a time consuming process! Amazing the miracles of your progress! Are you trying to out do DWM!!! Eric

[LugerMan.com]

Just trying to turn history to an alternative pass, and see what would have happen if the 1907 Luger was adapted after the trial .

I believe it is a very valid competition to a 1911 Colt and given right conditions like competition shooting, will outperform 1911 due to the design differences.

It is also much easier to customize then most modern handguns, as the gun changes with just the size of the barrel and different toggle,
not meany platforms can offer that.

[cirelaw]

Great Point!!

[LugerMan.com]

Hello to all forum members, due to many demands for Stainless Steel Luger in 45, we decided to include a limited run of 10 units in current production.

They will carry $800 premium over standard guns due to material cost almost 3 times the hi carbon steel.

Material will be 420 stainless hard-enable to 55R. We running slides for 2018 run and included 10 of SS slides in it.

2 of the units already sold.

Estimated delivery 06/2019 as other small parts will need to be run with 2019 batch of parts.

Example is a Hi carbon steel gun in the white with 4 inch,
shorter than standard barrel marketed as a Luger 45 Carry model.

[cirelaw]

Eugene, What is the most difficult step in production? Do you use a laser to inscribe?

[LugerMan.com]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Eugene, What is the most difficult step in production? Do you use a laser to inscribe?

Frames are the hardest and longest, at almost 6 month last time around. With some walls as small as 0.020-0.030 of an inch .

We use mechanical engravers for letters and numbers and some are CNC machined in.

Wood is hand checkered.

[cirelaw]

Eugene, how many individual step go into making one luger? Eric

[LugerMan.com]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Eugene, how many individual step go into making one luger? Eric

It's hard to count on CNC,
But to many to list anyways.

Time it takes is over a week overall at about 200 man hours

About 50 a year maxed out, 5 people full time on it,
and 2 CNC centers

[hayhugh]

Lugerman is spending a lot of time answering these questions when he could be working on his projects.

[cirelaw]

Thats part of running a business!

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Thats part of running a business!

combine your questions Eric

[cirelaw]

Awesome! The finest modern on the market~ Eric

[DonVoigt]

Eric,
there are for sure many hundreds and maybe thousands of steps to make a luger from scratch!
Everytime you touch it is another step!