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Unread 11-28-2005, 12:30 PM   #8
Dwight Gruber
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Originally posted by Levallois
I've always had a thing for older firearms but some were not made with modern steel and so can become unreliable and even dangerous. I don't know if this is the case with some Lugers?

John
Lugers are a modern, high-quality, military-grade weapon made with the finest materials (German steel) available at the moment. That being said, it is useful to remember that they are 60-100 years old, sometimes hard-used, and closer to the end of their operational life than the beginning.

Lugers are by and large reilable, and under normal circumstances not dangerous. They will, however, occasionally show their age in annoying ways. Do a search for "broken parts survey" to give yourself a bit of advance preparation.

--Dwight
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