Luger Shooting

cdmech · 08-24-2013, 06:11 PM

Shot my luger with my son today. Used little ketchup packets stapled to some white cardboard as targets. They make a very satisfying "splat" when you hit them. Just rolled up the cardboard to clean up when we finished. Going to have to try this with rifles too.
Marc

Ben M. · 08-24-2013, 11:11 PM

looks like there were some hot sauce packets from taco bell, too.

good idea. had not thought it this.

Sergio Natali · 08-25-2013, 05:50 AM

I think that Lugers should be shot with one hand only, and with targets put at a distance of at least 50 meters!

alvin · 08-25-2013, 07:30 AM

Last time I shot a Luger was around 15 years ago. Never got another chance after that. A few Lugers passed through my hands since then, but they were either too beautiful to shoot, or too scarce to shoot, or simply because I could not find ammo. If possible, I will find a shootable one in future.

rhuff · 08-25-2013, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

I think that Lugers should be shot with one hand only, and with targets put at a distance of at least 50 meters!

If that is the only way that I could shoot my Lugers, it would be a complete waste of time and ammo........or the target would have to be a large barn. I enjoy shooting my lugers the same way I shoot all of my handguns....two handed.

cdmech · 08-25-2013, 09:17 PM

Talking about single handed shooting reminded me of this fast draw footage from the 1970's I saw awhile back. Enjoy!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wl7MgbLXUBE

Marc

cirelaw · 08-25-2013, 10:11 PM

Nice Shootin There Tex!!!! I'm still a luger virgin!!!~~~Eric

Maestro · 08-26-2013, 12:23 AM

great idea with the ketchup packets!

Sergio Natali · 08-26-2013, 08:14 AM

Funny video, but does not belong to the LUGER world.

cdmech · 08-26-2013, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

Funny video, but does not belong to the LUGER world.

Thats why I posted in the "off topic and other firearms" thread.
Marc

John Sabato · 08-26-2013, 09:56 AM

For fun targets I sometimes use a piece of 2x4 with 1/4" grooves cut lengthwise into each surface. This is just the target holder...

The targets are standard 2" x 2" saltine crackers. They explode when you hit them so you can even tell from a distance whether or not you miss... when you are done, put the target holder 2x4 back in your trunk...

...and the local birds will clean up the cracker mess when you leave... a very green solution eh?

I like the Ketchup packets idea, but they are a little messy. One advantage to the ketchup packets are that if you take your lunch break, when you come back, the backboard will be covered in flies... and you can pick them off with your scoped .22 rifle!

383 magnum · 09-01-2013, 10:08 PM

That's a great idea! I wish I had seen this before I just threw out a bunch of old ketchup and sauce packets.

Cheesy411 · 09-02-2013, 11:47 AM

Ha improvised shoot n see targets. I also took my son out this past weekend shooting he is still really young so he was training with His .22 the weather was perfect, and best of all no flash flood monsoon weather.

alanint · 09-02-2013, 12:24 PM

Another idea using a wood base similar to John's idea is to drill various diameter shallow holes into a 2X4 and stick spent shell casings into them. You can even simulate distance by using smaller cases to represent targets farther away. The spent brass is usually already there and available.

John Sabato · 09-03-2013, 05:02 PM

One of my greatest target shooting experiences was about 20 years ago. I found a very large wasp nest had been built on the side of my house. My driveway was wider than the house so I pulled up my car and sat with the window rolled down holding a daisy power line BB gun that I had mounted a .22 scope. The backstop were the heavy trees behind my house. The distance to the wasp hive was about 25 to 30 feet. Absolutely perfect.

The wasps always had a sentry posted at the entrance. If something "happened" to the posted sentry it was replaced in just a second or two. Just enough time to give the rifle a couple of pumps.

I spent more than a couple of hours sipping iced tea in that car and picking off the sentries one at a time. The BB was such a large projectile compared to the wasps that it usually just cut the front off of them and the rest would just fall to the ground making room for their replacement.

I got the idea from watching an old re-run of the Beverly hillbillies where Jed Clampett and his nephew Jethro smeared jelly on the far exterior wall of the Clampett estate and took their target practice shooting the flies from their patio a couple hundred feet away with their squirrel rifles. Of course those good ole boys were using iron sights!

kzullick · 09-03-2013, 05:34 PM

We also shoot flies with a scoped .22 but we nail a fish to a board.

cirelaw · 09-03-2013, 05:48 PM

My first and only was a 1939 model Daisy carbine. I somehow lost the trigger. After the war they had adjustable sights!~~~Eric

alanint · 09-04-2013, 06:33 AM

I wonder if Daisy would repair it if you sent it in?

Ron Smith · 09-04-2013, 08:38 AM

As an aside to the subject...

I met Bob Munden back in the late '90s. He's wound up like a cheap watch pretty much all of the time. His Wife keeps him under control, like a Mother controls a hyperactive child. She constantly tells him to slow down and calm down.

Scientific tests were conducted on him to determine why he is so fast. They discovered that the neurons in the part of his brain that control hand-eye coordination, and motor function fire something like, 8 to 10 times faster than the average person's, giving him a form of Super Human abilities.

cirelaw · 09-04-2013, 09:01 AM

WOW Look what I just found in my desk drawer!!!!!!

08-24-2013, 06:11 PM	#1
cdmech User Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 218 Thanks: 87 Thanked 134 Times in 55 Posts	Luger Shooting Shot my luger with my son today. Used little ketchup packets stapled to some white cardboard as targets. They make a very satisfying "splat" when you hit them. Just rolled up the cardboard to clean up when we finished. Going to have to try this with rifles too. Marc Attached Thumbnails

08-25-2013, 05:50 AM	#3
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	I think that Lugers should be shot with one hand only, and with targets put at a distance of at least 50 meters! __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

08-25-2013, 09:17 PM	#6
cdmech User Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 218 Thanks: 87 Thanked 134 Times in 55 Posts	Talking about single handed shooting reminded me of this fast draw footage from the 1970's I saw awhile back. Enjoy! http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wl7MgbLXUBE Marc Last edited by cdmech; 08-25-2013 at 11:11 PM.

08-26-2013, 08:14 AM	#9
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Funny video, but does not belong to the LUGER world. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

08-26-2013, 09:56 AM	#11
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	For fun targets I sometimes use a piece of 2x4 with 1/4" grooves cut lengthwise into each surface. This is just the target holder... The targets are standard 2" x 2" saltine crackers. They explode when you hit them so you can even tell from a distance whether or not you miss... when you are done, put the target holder 2x4 back in your trunk... ...and the local birds will clean up the cracker mess when you leave... a very green solution eh? I like the Ketchup packets idea, but they are a little messy. One advantage to the ketchup packets are that if you take your lunch break, when you come back, the backboard will be covered in flies... and you can pick them off with your scoped .22 rifle! __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

08-24-2013, 11:11 PM	#2
Ben M. User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Retired to Naples, FL. Posts: 497 Thanks: 96 Thanked 144 Times in 89 Posts	looks like there were some hot sauce packets from taco bell, too. good idea. had not thought it this.

08-25-2013, 07:30 AM	#4
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Last time I shot a Luger was around 15 years ago. Never got another chance after that. A few Lugers passed through my hands since then, but they were either too beautiful to shoot, or too scarce to shoot, or simply because I could not find ammo. If possible, I will find a shootable one in future.

08-25-2013, 10:11 PM	#7
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	Nice Shootin There Tex!!!! I'm still a luger virgin!!!~~~Eric

08-26-2013, 12:23 AM	#8
Maestro User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: "Where the streets have no names" Posts: 504 Thanks: 192 Thanked 200 Times in 136 Posts	great idea with the ketchup packets!

09-01-2013, 10:08 PM	#12
383 magnum User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 120 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	That's a great idea! I wish I had seen this before I just threw out a bunch of old ketchup and sauce packets.

09-02-2013, 11:47 AM	#13
Cheesy411 User Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 77 Thanks: 26 Thanked 26 Times in 12 Posts	Ha improvised shoot n see targets. I also took my son out this past weekend shooting he is still really young so he was training with His .22 the weather was perfect, and best of all no flash flood monsoon weather.

09-02-2013, 12:24 PM	#14
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Another idea using a wood base similar to John's idea is to drill various diameter shallow holes into a 2X4 and stick spent shell casings into them. You can even simulate distance by using smaller cases to represent targets farther away. The spent brass is usually already there and available.

09-03-2013, 05:02 PM	#15
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	One of my greatest target shooting experiences was about 20 years ago. I found a very large wasp nest had been built on the side of my house. My driveway was wider than the house so I pulled up my car and sat with the window rolled down holding a daisy power line BB gun that I had mounted a .22 scope. The backstop were the heavy trees behind my house. The distance to the wasp hive was about 25 to 30 feet. Absolutely perfect. The wasps always had a sentry posted at the entrance. If something "happened" to the posted sentry it was replaced in just a second or two. Just enough time to give the rifle a couple of pumps. I spent more than a couple of hours sipping iced tea in that car and picking off the sentries one at a time. The BB was such a large projectile compared to the wasps that it usually just cut the front off of them and the rest would just fall to the ground making room for their replacement. I got the idea from watching an old re-run of the Beverly hillbillies where Jed Clampett and his nephew Jethro smeared jelly on the far exterior wall of the Clampett estate and took their target practice shooting the flies from their patio a couple hundred feet away with their squirrel rifles. Of course those good ole boys were using iron sights! __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

09-03-2013, 05:34 PM	#16
kzullick Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: East Berwick, Pennsylvania Posts: 236 Thanks: 679 Thanked 102 Times in 83 Posts	We also shoot flies with a scoped .22 but we nail a fish to a board.

09-03-2013, 05:48 PM	#17
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	My first and only was a 1939 model Daisy carbine. I somehow lost the trigger. After the war they had adjustable sights!~~~Eric Attached Thumbnails

09-04-2013, 06:33 AM	#18
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	I wonder if Daisy would repair it if you sent it in?

09-04-2013, 08:38 AM	#19
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	As an aside to the subject... I met Bob Munden back in the late '90s. He's wound up like a cheap watch pretty much all of the time. His Wife keeps him under control, like a Mother controls a hyperactive child. She constantly tells him to slow down and calm down. Scientific tests were conducted on him to determine why he is so fast. They discovered that the neurons in the part of his brain that control hand-eye coordination, and motor function fire something like, 8 to 10 times faster than the average person's, giving him a form of Super Human abilities. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

09-04-2013, 09:01 AM	#20
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	WOW Look what I just found in my desk drawer!!!!!! Attached Thumbnails