The "Luger" Reputation

Beowulf · 10-24-2005, 09:46 PM

I've heard that Lugers need special ammunition, are prone to jamming and that this is the reason Hitler ditched them. Is this true? I know that one gunmaker produced a stainless Luger at one point and I really wanted one, but was told even by owners that they just weren't reliable. There were also some .22LRs that were made, some supposedly decent; however, I heard they cost too much to build and that quality control was spotty.

This is my Luger. Always wanted to shoot it, but y'know, you just can't do it. (I remember when I could afford Beretta 92s, right up til the time the military adopted them. Then I sold mine because they began breaking and hitting people in the face. Bummer.) Anyway, has anyone been able to get the design to work?

Beowulf

10-24-2005, 09:46 PM	#1
Beowulf User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The "Luger" Reputation I've heard that Lugers need special ammunition, are prone to jamming and that this is the reason Hitler ditched them. Is this true? I know that one gunmaker produced a stainless Luger at one point and I really wanted one, but was told even by owners that they just weren't reliable. There were also some .22LRs that were made, some supposedly decent; however, I heard they cost too much to build and that quality control was spotty. This is my Luger. Always wanted to shoot it, but y'know, you just can't do it. (I remember when I could afford Beretta 92s, right up til the time the military adopted them. Then I sold mine because they began breaking and hitting people in the face. Bummer.) Anyway, has anyone been able to get the design to work? Beowulf Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Hrothgar's people lived in joy, happy until that wanderer of the wasteland, Grendel the demon, possessor of the moors, began his crimes. He was of a race of monsters exiled from mankind by God--He was of the race of Cain, that man punished for murdering his brother. From that family comes all evil beings...."