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Unread 11-18-2018, 06:42 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by kurusu View Post
Just curious. You shoot one handed or two handed? The Luger wss designed when two hands shooting wasn't common. When one shoots two handed the gun ends up cliser to your face.
Two handed; the Weaver stance, I think it's called. It's not the way I was trained - The M1911 [military] training was one-handed, side-on to target. Later I shot the S&W Model 14, and later still, the M9 [Beretta]. Results of my military handgun qualification are in the pic below (he said, modestly). .

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An object's direction of travel does not change unless/until there's a force applied to it.
Exactly. A tight extractor exerts force on the top of the case, squeezing it against the breech face. After it leaves the chamber, the case snaps up. A loose extractor doesn't exert any force - it just pulls. Until the case hits the ejector.

All good stuff, and all correct. The defining difference is in the individual Luger. I'm sure there are other factors involved as well. Mechanical and human.
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