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[Doppler1992]

>> Here's a picture of the Lugers I owned a few years back, top to bottom<<

Balder -

Very nice looking guns, and a great photo. How did you get such a great overhead shot? It looks like you might have been hanging upside down by your toes to obtain such a good angle -

Regarding your Edmond relatives: By coincidence, I drove to an Edmond Wal-Mart yesterday (Tuesday) to buy some .40 cal Winchester ammunition for my Baby Desert Eagle. Quality name brand ammo is in very short supply in many if not most USA locations - particularly 9mm and .40 caliber. Throughout Oklahoma, Winchester sells out within an hour or two of being placed on the shelf.

Sunday I fired several magazines from the Luger and it performed very well - jamming only once with some cheap off-brand ammunition. I am now convinced that my previous jamming difficulty was corrected or at least improved upon after thoroughly cleaning the gun and its 4 magazines for the first time in 25 years. Now that I know it operates well, I will keep it clean and shoot a few rounds only on special occasions.

Regarding your 1938 S/42 - Somewhere on this forum is a very detailed grip cleaning procedure outlined by an experienced forum member or moderator. I don't have the details in front of me at the moment, but I recall that boiled linseed oil was part of the process after cleaning. I am wondering if you cleaned the grips on this gun by following those instructions, or if you have another method. The grips look very nice in the photo.

Gary -

[Balder]

Originally Posted by Doppler1992

Balder -

Very nice looking guns, and a great photo. How did you get such a great overhead shot? It looks like you might have been hanging upside down by your toes to obtain such a good angle -



Gary -

Yeah, we Norwegians haven't evolved much - our toes are great for hanging from.

Actually, I extended my tripod fully and cropped the resulting picture. Thanks for your nice words, the grips on the 1938 came with the gun when I got it some years back. I have tried the mild soap water/linseed oil cure on other grips, it works fine.

Balder