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Jim Keenan · 08-10-2003, 10:41 PM

Hi, John St and guys,

"No Luger will malfunction unless it is messed with."

Touching faith, but not so. When Lugers were $20 or so and German ammo in the 16 round boxes was all over, I fired quite a few brand new Lugers with matching magazines or with original German GI issue magazines and German issue ammo. They certainly worked better than ones that have been now been "messed with", but they did malfunction. A few worked perfectly, but with others I could not get more than two magazines without some problem.

The Luger, much as we like it, was not a very reliable pistol, one of the reasons (other than cost) that the Germans went to the P.38, which is pretty reliable.

Jim

08-10-2003, 10:41 PM	#11
Jim Keenan User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 184 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Hi, John St and guys, "No Luger will malfunction unless it is messed with." Touching faith, but not so. When Lugers were $20 or so and German ammo in the 16 round boxes was all over, I fired quite a few brand new Lugers with matching magazines or with original German GI issue magazines and German issue ammo. They certainly worked better than ones that have been now been "messed with", but they did malfunction. A few worked perfectly, but with others I could not get more than two magazines without some problem. The Luger, much as we like it, was not a very reliable pistol, one of the reasons (other than cost) that the Germans went to the P.38, which is pretty reliable. Jim