My First Luger. Want A WWII
 

I am looking to buy a luger to shoot and for a collector piece. I want one that actually saw service in wwii. I am thinking a 4 inch bbl might be best for me. How much should I expect to spend? I have heard the following about lugers: By design they are one of the hardest kicking handguns and even kick harder then a 454 casual and are as loud or louder then them as well. I dont see how that is possible if it is a 9mm? I have also heard that if you hold the trigger they will fire full auto. Is any of that true? Thanks

None of it is true, someone has been feeding you a line that you could use to fertilize your garden.

Re: My First Luger. Want A WWII
 

first, many WW1 and also Weimar era guns saw WW2 service, so it might be best to study this board, and buy several of the good books out there to decide exactly what you want.

Don't go by the rumor mill, try to go by facts, :D as many gun shops have no clue about lugers, they are all the same to them...

Shooter price, ABOUT $600 maybe less, maybe more, collectable gun, $600-$1200 and up....


Ed

What other weapon could the recoil on the luger be compared too a glock 17? Was there ever a model that kicked massively or was extremly loud? Thanks

any light weapon appears to kick more than a heavier weapon. So, a detonics 45 kicks a lot more than 1911A1.

Is that what you are looking for, a 9mm that kicks? ;)

to me, a 45 pushes back, while a 9mm has more of a crack to the wrist effect.

Ed

If you shoot 1911s, any Luger ever produced will seem like a *****cat by comparison. There were no models that kicked massively or were extremely loud. As Ed has stated, the recoil impuse may seem a bit more "whippy" than a .45 because of the lash of the toggle action, but it isn't a hand cannon.

I'll wade in here and add my 2 cents. Being a long time shooter of the 9mm, and a true lover of all things 1911. I'll have to say the first round I touched off in a Luger surprised me. It didn't kick as much as it jumped up and back. Very quick compared to other 9mm's and nothing like the shove of a 1911. As far as being hard on the ears, not any worse than any 4" 9mm. All guns are going hurt your ears if you don't wear hearing protection, just ask any old timer. That is if we can hear the question.

One thing you can do, is go to the "Luger Videos" section and watch the Luger actually firing. You can see that the recoil isn't much to get excited about...

Having fired many different handguns (and owned most of them), I find nothing peculiar of the Luger, really. It is a wonderful natural aiming weapon and a real pleasure to shoot and like most folks on this board I've shot 1,000's, if not 10,000's of rounds through them. Felt recoil is really not significant. It does like to throw up it's muzzle, but this action (I perceive), is due primarily to the reward and upward motion of the toggle and easily controllable.

I've been out of town and I'm just getting to this.

As you've been told, for an experienced shooter, the recoil is practically negligible. I do find the blast from smaller caliber, faster moving calibers to be rather sharp. Some powders are worse than others for decibel levels.

In general the 9mm Luger is a *****cat to shoot.

I have a parts Luger that will occasionally fire twice or even three cartidges on one trigger pull. I have looked it over and cannot determine why...When this does happen, it is so fast that one wonders what went on. Something! but untill you recognize what, it seems a mystery. Muzzle rise is not that much even with three shots going off. Lugers are very enjoyable to shoot. I prefer the .30 Luger but due to it's high cost I only shoot one occasionally. Jerry Burney

Jerry. I'm sure you know this but "Please be careful with that pistol". If the first round of one of those strings happens to be a squib, it could cause all kinds of nasty and unpleasant things to happen to the gun and it's shooter. Be safe.