When is enough enough?
 

Been thinking, ya'll, (I know, that's not good for me) but when do you stop shooting a Luger? When is it worn out? When is it not safe? Firing pins go with hard primers rupturing breech blocks, ejectors break, breech blocks crack, frames crack, toggle link pins break, toggles break & crack, grips split, hold opens wear out, locking nuts wear out, magazines don't feed correctly, magazine releases wear out, ect. At best these guns are 60 years old. How many items with the complexity of a Luger do we see in its intended use sixty years after the last date of manufacture?

rk

Hey RK, that's a really good question. I have two shooters, one 1917 DWM and a byf 41. I don't have any preference on the amount I shoot either. Both have worked just fine.

I guess I'll keep shooting them until I see parts breakage and hope that's a long time away.

I shoot reasonable loads, no overloads, and keep the pistols well cleaned and lubricated. I expect many more years of service!!

When you pay the average of $1100 for a Luger (133 guns checked last week ) should you expect to shoot it or not? By the time I get mine back from Herr Thormeister I'll have about that much in it. I won't be shooting it.

rk

RK,

My Thor gun is my best shooter. I've got almost that much in mine, but I shoot it anyway whenever I want. I don't carry it in a holster, but that's for my CCW gun, a S&W 3914 (don't shoot near like a Looger, but carries a whole bunch easier).

RK, look at it this way, your daily transportation cost a hell of a lot more than a $1,000 buckaroos? And if I'm guessing right, it has gone into the woods and banged up on trees at least once or twice... (I figure you drive an LTD or station wagon :D ok, maybe a pick-em-up-truck ) So, if you are willing to mess up the paint job every now and then, you might as well pop some caps on the ole thorster?

:cool:

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Roadkill:
<strong>Been thinking, ya'll, (I know, that's not good for me) but when do you stop shooting a Luger? ...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Hmmm - great question...?? Maybe when the warranty runs out?? :)

Seriously - some I shoot, and some are "wall hangers". For the shooters - I usually shoot them until I sell them. If they are a "shooter", getting replacemnt parts really doesn't bother me too much - and recently, on a 1920 commercial in .30 Luger which I shoot a great deal - I sent off the grip to Hugh Clark (who did a TERRIFIC JOB) at replacing a chip that occured at the range..

Honestly - I've never shot a Luger enough to actually "wear it out" - but I hope to work towards that goal - as the gosh darned things are TERRIFIC SHOOTERS!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

Here is the solution, get one hundred Lugers, fire each one of them at least once every several years, the wear and tear on each one is minimal! :D (BTW, R U guys calling Mr Thor NAMES??)

Ed, sorry, but I've never paid more'n $800-900 for transportation. In fact, you can buy whole houses down here (manufactured, of course, 12'x60') cheaper than what they want for most of those lugers. And even less if you pay cash up front or at least most of it at the bank repo lot. Now boat motors, guns, and four wheelers are different. They cost serious money.

rk