Another Movie Luger...
 

We had fun with some other movie Lugers, so I found another. As you can see, it is a real closeup shot for the Luger. Can you guess the movie? Take notice of the strange looking piece below the barrel, and in front of the take down lever. It is attached to the gun. Possibly added to make the scene work...

http://boards.rennlist.com/lfupload/dsc00011c.jpg

Picture is a little too vague, can you provide some more detail? Or is it just me again?

rk

:confused:
I dunno R K, I nevr seen wun Oh dose lil sqar thing wid lil read exis innum any wer ona "LUGR".
Whaddu Uins mak uf ittn ???? :rolleyes:
ViggoG <img border="0" alt="[ouch]" title="" src="graemlins/c.gif" />
http://boards.rennlist.com/lfupload/dsc00011c.jpg

Johnny Please repost the photo as your URL link is no good.

Thanks,

Wonder what happened to it??? I checked later and it was still there...

Lets try it again...

http://boards.rennlist.com/lfupload/MovieLuger.jpg

Looks like a genuine Luger thingamajig to me, wonder where they got it?

It certainly isn't a forearm extention. The only other thing that makes sense in this location would be a laser aiming device, which could only be a fairly recent addition. TH

Some sort of doohicky to cycle the action with blanks????

The frame just seems to not be a true Luger Frame.
The front of the Trigger guard seems to be from some other weapon.
Even the trigger seems different, some kind of an extension forward into the dummied up Takedown Latch region.
Just aint right!!!!!
ViggoG

The barrel and outline looks like a Ruger target model.

rk

Could it be built from the ground up as a movie prop that fires blanks???

Unspellable,
Except for the odd shape of the frame forward of the trigger guard, I thought it might be something in the background behind the Luger, like a belt buckle, with the camera angle making it appear to be part of the Luger. Since the frame is odd shaped, I vote for doohicky/blank firing thingamajig.

To make it fire blanks all they would have to do is to plug enough of the barrel so that the proper pressure is attained to cycle the action. It's too small for a laser pointer, and that would have no use in a blank firing gun. Note that the person holding it appears to be pushing the toggle down, must have sticky ammo. We need a smaller pic with more detail, but that forward frame sure appears to be altered for some reason. The trigger looks ok to me, he has it pulled to the rear and the forward curl is showing altho it appears a little thick, might be the camera angle.

Actually, I think he is pushing the toggle back, which is what you would do to chamber a round from a fresh magazine after the toggle had locked back from the previous empty magazine

The little piece in question is attached to the frame. I looked at all of the frames of the scene. In one frame the three proof marks on the receiver show a little better. Yes, the gun jammed and the actor is struggling with it. In the last two frames of the scene, it almost appears as if the toggle breaks, but I'm not sure. The little piece almost appears to be holding the gun open. No guesses as to the movie title???

Steve McQueen in the great escape????

After closer inspection, I go along with Ron Wood's belt buckel theory. TH

Trust me it is part of the gun. There is a part also just below the barrel that appears to be part of this thing. The movie is "The Blues Brothers", and it is Henry Gibson, described as the head nazi, holding the luger. After firing it, it jams and he is struggling with it...

Here I go again, Could it be that it is a parts gun of which the frame is an old carbine part?
http://boards.rennlist.com/lfupload/Karabiner.jpg

It seems to resemble the frame of one of these carbines.
ViggoG

Here is a slightly different view of the movie luger. Part 1 appears to be coming out of the frame and looks like a hook. Part 2 is sticking out beneath the barrel and part 1 it hooked into it. Sorry I don't have a clearer image. Maybe I'll have to get it on DVD and see if it is better...

<a href="http://boards.rennlist.com/lfupload/MovieLuger2.jpg" target="_fullview"><img src="http://boards.rennlist.com/lfupload/MovieLuger2.jpg" width="400" alt="Click for fullsize image" /></a>

Johnny, I'm beginning to think that what you describe above, is an optical illusion. With the barreled receiver out of battery, your #2 "attachment to barrel" would be even longer when in battery and therefore push against part #1. What I see, is the front flat of the frame, where the serial number is stamped, as item #2 and item #1 as a metal object reflecting light behind it on the same plane as the 2 white dots to its right. TH

If you look at both pictures you can see that the parts in question are moving with the gun. In the second picture, the one with the numbers, you will see two areas that are lighter than the surrounding area, just below the trigger guard. In the first picture, those two areas are still in the frame, but further down as the gun has moved and the two parts are still in their in front of the gun. I guess I'll have to make an animated GIF to show that they are on the gun...