An Unusual "Luger"
 

Part 1

Presented here is an unusual "Luger", a "Kruger" produced in the 1950s in imitation of the P-08

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This gun has a number of interesting characteristics. Luger grips and magazine bottoms are found in plastic; the Kruger is entirely made of black plastic. The only identifying marks are Kruger "98" pat. pend. in two lines on the left frame panel. There are no markings or serial number on the frame front.

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Krugers are all police-style guns, as can be seen by the presence of a sear safety. There is no evidence of a magazine safety, nor are there any grip strap markings.

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The non-removable magazine appears to be Swiss-style with a flat center disc, although in black plastic.

The witness mark on this gun is perfectly aligned and has not been disturbed. This is demonstrated as it is the circumferential juncture where both halves of the gun have been cemented together.

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There is another defining characteristic of the Kruger: even though plastic, the grips are all missing the million-dollar chip.

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Part 2

The Kruger is an actual sub-caliber firearm. It is a breech-loading single-shot, does not use an integrated cartridge, firing from an open bolt.

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The operating knob is pulled back which retracts the breechblock, held by the trigger sear. A small pellet is inserted into the barrel, followed by a cap-gun cap (or as many of them as you can stuff behind the chamber!) Trigger-pull releases the breechblock, snapping the cap and expelling the pellet. As you can see here the caps are corrosive.

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I have not fired this gun, as ammunition is no longer available. Actually I have never fired a projectile from one, but I can tell you that touching off a stack of caps puts a pretty impressive muzzle flash out of the barrel at night!

Impressive in appearance, the Kruger is actually nine-tenths scale, as can be seen compared here with a 1911 DWM. When I was eight years old it felt bigger.

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--Dwight

Cool Dwight, this off-shoot collecting I find interesting.

ed

Geees, I paid too much for mine. By the time I ordered one, they were advertised @$5 each. TH

Had one as a kid; it was a hoot but I did get my ass whacked by the old man for shooting it at my little brother.

Tom A.