[Thor]

I am seeing a real trend of people buying a parts Luger with a shot out barrel and replacing it with a 6" one. It is important to remember if you do this to get a barrel with the proper front sight block to have the front sight at the proper height for which ever rear sight you have. If you are lucky to have found an original rear NAVY sight you MUST have a higher sight block or a very tall front sight to get the top of the blade up high enough to make the combination work. I believe most recent manufactured 6" Luger barrels are made to work with the standard rear sight (non adjustable type) found on 4" Lugers. The 6" is really a nice length and I find them very accurate too. I did a rework for a guy that I discovered while working on it, that the barrel had been relined! This thing shot really really good though! ALSO IMPORTANT to remember that the person that does the barrel change needs to be skilled and experienced in this and needs to have the proper receiver and barrel wrenches to keep from marring up the parts and twisting the receiver forks out of alingment or crushing them together from the clamping forces. The first one I did the owner called it his "problem child" and it had multiple problems including a nice pipe wrench mark on the top of the receiver. Well, the end result was okay and I sure was impressed on firing the 30 Luger in a 6" barrel. I feel that people that buy Lugers to shoot for fun are really missing out on a nice experience not buying a 30 Luger. They cost a little more to fire, but they are usually accurate and a lot of fun! Recoil is less than the 9mm but they have quite a blast! ~Thor~