Luger Honeymoon!! How Long is it?
 

When I get in a new Luger I really clean it, look it over and occasionally shoot it. I carry it around the house, watch WWII movies with it in tow, put it up on the display board, then in about a week, I start dreaming of the next one! I bring all out for a through cleaning then maybe up on the board a day, then back into the crypt!!!! I always enjoy them, but not as much as at the unveiling when they arrive. How about you guys? Ted

Re: Luger Honeymoon!! How Long is it?
 

;-)) I use to do it the same way ;-)) Waiting + searching for the next one is thrilling - and not as questionable as waiting for another... ;-) you know ! ;-))

Re: Luger Honeymoon!! How Long is it?
 

Hi Ted,


Nice to hear others do "strange" things too! Every gun I aquire gets taken apart and cleaned, the day it comes home. After that it will sit by my TV chair so it can be "fondled" at will, until I have time to take it to the range. (There are no kids in our house!)


My wife thinks I'm nuts, but I tell her it has a purpose. By taking it apart I become familar with the internal workings and by fondleing I learn how to handle it. This way, when I take it to the range there are fewer surprises. Plus if there are problems I'm better able to determine their extent at the time.


Anyway - me too!!!


BobL

Re: Luger Honeymoon!! How Long is it?
 

Bob,


I thought I was the only strange one around, but it looks like other Luger guys do the same as I do. My wife thinks I am nuts for playing with it for 1-2 weeks and then it is off to the vault to look at only once a week or so. Glad to know I am normal!!!


Marvin

Normal?
 

Thanks Marvin, My lovely bride has NEVER called me normal !! I'll have to show her this post !!!

Re: Luger Honeymoon!! How Long is it?
 

Ted you really nailed it. I'm the same way with all my "toys", I even delay opening the box for awhile to really let the anticipation build, then pull the gun out a little at a time, agonizing over every little ding, or glorying in each positive detail. Takes longer with rifles. I then disassemble, clean, reassemble and search out a book. One of the longest weeks on my life was waiting for my Lugers, even driving 40 miles to pick them up at the FEDEX office when I missed their delivery. But I have shooters, and they don't gather dust, I shoot them most every week, jams and all, then I get to clean 'em.

Re: Luger Honeymoon!! How Long is it?
 

Bob, yes I have a great appreciation for that get your fingers dirty approach. I try to shoot mine at least twice a month and really enjoy the cleaning and the getting ready for the next range run.

Re: Hi Frank - Luger Honeymoon!! How Long is it?
 

I have quite a few handguns, but there's nothing, in my opinion like shooting a Luger, the balance, feel, and "pointability" of it is like no other. But of course I don't have to point that out here.

A collector is never satisfied
 

Every time I buy a gun, I think, "Well, this is going to have to satisfy me for awhile." That never happens because I always start thinking about what I want next. A true collector is never satisfied and always wants more. It is an addiction that there is no known cure for.

Re: A collector is never satisfied
 

The cure is unlimited finances! We're all in the same boat! We're all incurable and we just have to learn how to cope with reality the best way that we can. Welcome to the club!

Re: Kinda long and boring
 

Great post Rick. I'm so glad you're still here! btw, you have an illustrious first name!

Re: Kinda long and boring
 

I agree Rick, it's a never-ending but fruitful hobby with far more highs than lows. It was the lack of perceived recoil that surprised me too when I first fired my Luger, that and the precision workmanship evident in it's manufacture.

There is no cure...
 

not money...

not time...

not even variations...


just ask Ralph... 1600 and counting...

Re: Kinda long and boring
 

I share some of those... I have been in love with the Luger for many years. I fall in love first with the design, the shape, then the mystique. I now own two of the three great loves, a Colt 1851 Army and the Luger... only one now remains... the Broom...

Re: Luger Honeymoon!! How Long is it?
 

Hey Ted. My K date is sitting on the coffee table along with my svw 45 dual tone P38 in its Brown Pig Skin Holster.Since I am alone I play with them all the time.


Bob

Re: Kinda long and boring
 

Rick, I remember the "Harvey K-Chuck" thing and wished now I had done it!

Re: Luger Honeymoon!! How Long is it?
 

Hey Bob, I sure am envious of that Dual Tone! I have a minty one coming from John Raum next week!! .....and of course, you know how I feel about that K Date, already an old friend with a new face lift! Ted

Re: There is no cure...
 

I know, and I bet he still eagerly anticipates the next acquisition.