Any Modern Day Brand New Lugers?
 

Are there currently any companies out there that are producing NIB (New In Box) Lugers? The reason being is that while I love shooting Lugers, the two I have are old and I would prefer not to fire them. If something would break I would not know how to fix the problem and of course a very small part (no pun intended LOL) of history would be lost.

If there are not any modern day makers of the Luger, can we expect the Luger itself to die a slow and painful death, as gradually the number of Lugers dwindle down?

The 1911 is nearly just as old as the Luger but has a much, much, much stronger following and nearly every modern gun company makes a 1911. No one to my knowledge makes a Luger. And thats a shame to me, because in many regards the Luger is a better weapon. The grip is perfect for me, and I love the trigger. It really amazes me why the 1911 took off so much, while the Luger was pushed into the "collector" catagory. Technically speaking both weapons have similar capacity and the Luger has the better grip angle and in my opinion a better trigger. Why do competitors prefer the 1911? What caused the 1911 to reign supreme over the Luger?

Thats enough with my rant, I would like to know if and where I could purchase a brand new Luger to take to the range. Thanks everyone for your help!

Look in the Post WWII Lugers forum - a recent update on AIMCO which I think is the only current producer.

A good alternative is to find a mismatched shooter Luger to shoot while keeping your collector items relatively unfired.


-- Dan

Burk, Because John Browning designed a semi auto weapon that was not sensitive to dirt and would hardly ever jam. Not to mention the larger caliber. The Luger we all love is many things but it is not the combat weapon the 1911 is. Jerry Burney

Hi,

Besides Orimar/Aimco, Krieghoff is actually making some moves towards a limited series Luger production run. Prices are in the -ahem- range, though.

Burke,

Many of us have and shoot Mauser lugers made in the 1970-80's. You can still find them for sale NIB or LNIB...prices for the standard models were $ 800 or so a couple of years ago but have risen to the $ 1100-1400 price range for the standard models in 9 mm and .30 cal.

Simpsons have several .30 cal offerings...take a look at their photos. They can be had for less money at gun shows.

http://www.simpsonltd.com/index.php?cPath=1_9

Here is another for sale in .30 cal. ammo (a bit pricey to buy and shoot here in the USA...) but a fun round to shoot :

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/co...1_mluger30.jsp

Thanks everyone for sharing your knowledge.

Hello Jerry:

After WWII homeward heading G.Is were asked to evaluate their service equipment The "venerable 1911A was rated as "poor".
The main complaint was that the pistol was "too hard to use". One wit noted that the .45 was deadly if the pistol was thrown at the enemy hitting him in the head. Now I love the 1911A ( I have a Kimber Classic).
but it is a relatively difficult gun to master and conscripts were given almost no pistol training. The 'P08 on the other hand really is a natural pointing weapon, it is accurate and easy to use. A good choice for a soldier with little or no pistol training.

Barry Driscoll

Barry (Doc) interesting first posting, welcome to the forum!


Ed

What a grand story and memory....now I need to find out what a Marmite is...thanks for this post.....OK I just looked it up on the internet, I'll stick with elk burgers for lunch today....

Great Story TAC!... I hesitate to ask and fear your answer, but what ever happened to that Colt?