Shocking discovery shooting an 06/29 today....
its a fantastic shooter. I've been shooting Lugers in 9mm and 7.65 since the mid 70's but never liked the look of the new production mausers or the Swiss 06/29's. I find once again that judging by looks only works with girlfriends....maybe not then either. I fired my 06 Bern, 06/29 and SIG 210-2 today and promptly decided that the 06/29 is a keeper. The 06 Bern is a wonderful piece and shoots like the Lugers I remember so well but the 06/29 has a much better feel and the trigger is actually crisp and sharp. I was surprised at that since the Luger trigger is a poster child for creepy mushy triggers everywhere. I retract all the nasty things I said about the 06/29's and apologize to the Swiss and the whole Luger community. Even with the crappy winchester ammo I had it kept an excellent group.
The SIG worked quite well too though we had some issues with the slide closing all the way but the ammo was the problem there. I always expected perfection from the SIG and wasn't disappointed. No surprises there.
Biff
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