interesting custom luger

[lfid]

for the wildcat enthusiast - very cool design barrel / sight

http://americanhandgunner.com/exclus...caliber-luger/

[sheepherder]

Like Mr Watters, I also remember this Luger. I even have a Martini Cadet rear sight, which I presumably got for a conversion like this. But I made my .25 wildcat on the 30 Mauser case. And barreled a C96 for it.

Ah, the good old days...

[Edward Tinker]

cool

I have that 22 LR upper that needs to be converted. I need to find someone who is capable and willing

Ed

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

cool

I have that 22 LR upper that needs to be converted.

A .22 barrel converted to the 30 Luger case??? Where would you get .22 bullets??? Is there such a thing as a .22 cal kinetic bullet puller??? That sounds...dangerous...

Maybe a severely shortened .223 Remington die set??? That would be do-able...Use .223 Remington cases suitably shortened, run through the 223 Rem shortened die set, and cut the chamber with a 223 Rem reamer...

I say, go for it!!!

[Edward Tinker]

its set up as a 22 LR but it needs modification - I have no skills like that and all my 'friends' who do, say they are too busy ;-0

[rhuff]

Thank you for posting this. I don't recall ever seeing this Luger. These kind of handguns fascinate me, and the skill that some people have for producing them. It really is one fine looking Luger.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Rick W.

The martini sight was something new to me, probably will get me to hunt one out of the barrel sometime...

It requires a double-ramp base, that bears on the bottom of the knurled 'nut' adjuster...And a pin/screw for the door hinge front...

It's windage-adjustable too...

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

its set up as a 22 LR but it needs modification - I have no skills like that and all my 'friends' who do, say they are too busy ;-0

Really??? Too busy??? Or just not that interested???

If you had all the pieces, it might generate some interest...Open up a thread laying out what you have and what you need done...Maybe someone will take an interest...

[sheepherder]

Back to the article...It is probably a typo, where it says it is rifled with one turn in one inch....That's a hell of a spin...

I have never seen/heard of a tapered octagonal barrel...That must have been a bear to get the bore centered...

[John Sabato]

I am not sure if it was an ancient GUNS magazine, or GUNS & AMMO, or maybe even SHOOTING TIMES, but the old, (and now late) writer and gunsmith named Skeeter Skelton (a contemporary of George C. Nonte) did a .22 wildcat in a Luger, and I am pretty sure it was based on the .30 Luger case that was necked down to .22 and he used .22 hornet sized bullets...

I don't have that magazine anymore, I am sure it was from the late 1960's or early 1970's... I lost most of my paper gun magazine holdings in a basement flood decades ago... But I remember the article for sure! maybe one of you guys has an old cache of those magazines?

[Curss]

Interesting cartridge, wouldn't mind seeing that hit the market.