Eugen shoots his Luger!

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by alanint

Just a note to anybody planning to use an indoor range for their first Luger shoot. The ejection is basically straight up for most Lugers and that can be detrimental to overhead bulbs, if your range has individual lights in each shooting lane. After breaking two bulbs at my local range, I learned to either hang back just a bit or extend past the shooting "bench" just enough to get out from under the light at the position.

I saw a Kevin Costner movie a while back [years ago] that had him shooting his semi-auto pistol with a baggie over his hand & pistol. (He was a hitman). Despite the obvious impairment to sighting, it seemed like a good idea for catching brass.

I've tried mounting a minnow net on an Xmas tree stand, it worked pretty good for side-ejectors, not so much for Luger/Mauser/Nambu.

There's a TV trailer for NCIS: Los Angeles that shows the Seal dude with some kind of deflector/catcher mounted on his M4 carbine. I've seen something like that but it used a detachable plastic bag. You can see the ejected cases and they don't get tossed all over the place. Haven't seen that lately.

I also wonder why the NCIS guy bothers with a deflector (or catcher, whatever it is). I know it's fantasy TV but they usually have a purpose (like Costner's baggie).