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Unread 09-06-2008, 08:57 AM   #6
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Luger balances and points well in single hand. C96 does not. It takes a while to get used to it.

C96 is a very "right hand oriented" gun and shooting by left hand has some issues. First, it's hard to push the last round from the clip into the magazine well by right thumb -- left hand shooter have to hold the grip by right hand, and load ammo by left hand. The 2nd issue is 1930 Universal Safety related -- the left hand easily touches the Universal Safety knob and disable the sear during the firing, not a problem on earlier guns.

The 1930 that I tried shoots high. With shoulder stock attached and by aiming at 6 o'clock of a 8" circular target at 50m, the bullets could hit the area above the center. At 100m 18"(H) x 12"(W) target, the sight slide still stays at 50, but I could aim at the center.

This Red 9 shoots low. I have to set the sight slide to 100.... even at 15m or 25m shooting range. The 50 mark on the slide was actually useless on this particular gun.

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It's interesting to notice that most people in range call it "a Luger". So, there is a formula -- exposed barrel equals Luger Obviously, most people heard of "Luger" but they are not sure how a Luger should roughly look like.
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