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Norme · 08-02-2011, 09:37 PM

Over the years we have heard lots of stories told to explain away that pesky, mis-matched sideplate. Here from John Walter's "The Luger Book" is my all time favorite:
"Years ago I purchased a Luger from an elderly man who had been a captain in the British Army in the First World War. He was in the trenches in France, and during an attack a German officer came within a yard of him. The German pointed his Luger at him and pulled the trigger.
The gun didn't fire and he had time to hit back with a shovel. He brought the gun home and for the next 48 years it stood....in his living room.
When I got it home , I discovered why it didn't fire. All the numbered parts matched except the sideplate. Someone had assembled that pistol and put back the wrong sideplate. This mistake saved that British officer's life...."
They just don't tell stories like that anymore. Regards, Norm

08-02-2011, 09:37 PM	#1
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	The Greatest Story Ever Told.... Over the years we have heard lots of stories told to explain away that pesky, mis-matched sideplate. Here from John Walter's "The Luger Book" is my all time favorite: "Years ago I purchased a Luger from an elderly man who had been a captain in the British Army in the First World War. He was in the trenches in France, and during an attack a German officer came within a yard of him. The German pointed his Luger at him and pulled the trigger. The gun didn't fire and he had time to hit back with a shovel. He brought the gun home and for the next 48 years it stood....in his living room. When I got it home , I discovered why it didn't fire. All the numbered parts matched except the sideplate. Someone had assembled that pistol and put back the wrong sideplate. This mistake saved that British officer's life...." They just don't tell stories like that anymore. Regards, Norm