Grip angle

jeffs · 06-12-2009, 03:19 PM

Does anyone know the exact angle formed between the grip and the rails of the frame?

Thanks!
Jeff

Ron Wood · 06-12-2009, 03:59 PM

Sixty degrees.

A.Mifsin · 06-13-2009, 03:05 AM

I always thought that it was 55.3 degrees.
Alf.

Ron Wood · 06-13-2009, 11:44 PM

Alf,
Of course, you are correct. I got my numbers backward. Sixty degrees is the grip angle of the .45 caliber Lugers that still are in existence (the Aberman and Norton Lugers). Fifty-five degrees is the grip angle of the 45 caliber Luger used in the US Test trials of 1907 and all other Lugers. Thanks for correcting my memory lapse.

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jeffs User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 170 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Grip angle Does anyone know the exact angle formed between the grip and the rails of the frame? Thanks! Jeff

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Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,019 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,173 Times in 1,701 Posts	Sixty degrees. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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A.Mifsin User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Malta Posts: 570 Thanks: 74 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	I always thought that it was 55.3 degrees. Alf. __________________ I prefer a Luger

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Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,019 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,173 Times in 1,701 Posts	Alf, Of course, you are correct. I got my numbers backward. Sixty degrees is the grip angle of the .45 caliber Lugers that still are in existence (the Aberman and Norton Lugers). Fifty-five degrees is the grip angle of the 45 caliber Luger used in the US Test trials of 1907 and all other Lugers. Thanks for correcting my memory lapse. Attached Thumbnails __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction Last edited by Ron Wood; 12-04-2009 at 01:13 PM.