bullseye shooting with a luger
 

My range started a weekly bullseye clinic last night and I really enjoyed it. My neighbor and his wife will attend next week. He will shoot my 1911 and his wife will shoot my 22. That leaves me with my luger. Using a bench my luger gets really small groups but the trigger is so firm that single hand accuracy suffers dramatically. Is it possible to work a luger trigger down to an acceptable level?

Has anyone here used a luger for bullseye competition? If so what barrel, sight combinations work best?

If I can get the gun to shoot well single handed I may use it as my centerfire pistol.

My gun is a matching number reblue so I would get new trigger components for bullseye shooting.

Any guidence would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Chris

Chris -

Perhaps someone will have some ideas as to why your trigger is so firm. That definitely is not normal. I assume you have already cleaned all the associated parts?

A simple "fix" that I have used on dozens of handguns is simply to spray silicone on all the moving parts associated with the trigger. Very often this will work miracles, and I would certainly try this before you invest in any replacement parts, etc.

Mauser720 - Ron

There was an article posted once from an old magazine that had details on improving the Luger trigger linkage, and even included the placement of set screws for controlling trigger position and overtravel... search for posts about trigger jobs and you will likely find it. If you don't, I will do some digging and post it myself. It is somewhere in my files archive and not immediately available...

I didn't post the article as I was concerned about copyright issues, but I have provided the article via email in .jpg format to several individuals that have requested it. I am in Boulder, CO, "babysitting" grandchildren and can't sent emails with attachments, but when I return home next week I will be able to handle requests (serious requests please, the article isn't of much use to other than someone that can either do some fairly precise gunsmithing or has access to a competent gunsmith).