Death of a Luger
 

I am trying to track down a t.v. programme, probably aired on one of the DIscovery channels around 2000, during which the stripping down of and subsequent breaking down of a Luger was illustrated. I have written to Discovery who have said that without additional detail they are unable to assist.....anybody out there in a position to assist..?????

The only program that I am aware of in the "Discovery Channel" group is a series called Tales of the Gun. One episode deals mostly with German small arms and another primarily on the Luger. I am not sure ,however, if they go into detail on how to strip it down. Both can be found at history.com. That sounds more instructional. If you are looking for info on stripping a Luger, the technical info section here has a good diagram on how to. I recently got a book called "Gun Digest Book of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly: Automatic Pistols" by JB Wood. Its nice because it has good illustrations text and covers many, many other semi autos, such as the c96 and p38.

Re: Death of a Luger
 

Lee, kind of an odd first posting... I think ;) welcome :) to the forum....

Ed

I recently purchased my first luger and was wondering how it worked and how to take it apart. Before I bought this luger I had only held a luger once about twenty years ago, had never seen one apart, and had no idea how it worked. Several people suggested that I buy "Luger Mechanical Features" which is an animated e-book that gives clear concise explanation of how the gun functions. This e-book was worth every penny and is possibly the most clear and concise book I have ever read on explaining any mechanical system. This e-book can be found at http://users.skynet.be/HL-Editions/ebook/future.htm

In addition I bought an American Gunsmithing Institute Luger Armorer's Video Course at http://www.americangunsmith.com/view.php?id=10. The video course was nowhere as good as something the Discovery channel would produce but it was two hours long and it did show how to completely disassemble and reassemble the gun. After watching the course a couple of times I was able to completely disassemble, clean, and reassembly my luger on the day I brought it home.

In addition I found that this website has a wealth of knowledge, and the experts here are willing to share their knowledge.

Here is a photo of my luger taken apart.
http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/p3200001lr2.jpg

Shadow, that's a pretty cool site. Are those EBooks downloadable and viewable from a Palm (Tungsten E2)? There were quite a few books I'd love to have but I only read from the Palm or actual (real) books... :)

Thanks for providing that link. That may come in useful... :D

I donâ??t know. I couldn't find anything in their website indicating that the book could be read on a palm or pocket PC device. I keep the book on my laptop computer. Perhaps you could e-mail the site and ask them.

if your palm has PDF capabilities, then it should work, as that is what the ebooks are if I remember right...

Sorry but the Henrotin Luger ebooks are not PDF based. They are based on encrypted HTML and will not work on a palm... I am not sure about a pocket PC because I don't own one. The books are locked to the PC they are first installed on because the unlock password is based on your email address and some other variable in your PC. The books are well worth the short money they cost and are very informative.

Thanks John, i couldn't remember, was thinking they were pdf :confused: