Swiss Pistol Competition Using Lugers?

SmithSwede · 03-28-2016, 06:17 PM

One of the things I find so interesting about the Swiss Lugers is that they were apparently appreciated by target shooters and marksmen. Hence you see things like Luger triggers being modified to have useful pulls, or rear sights being changed from a V to a U to improve the sight picture.

Seems like the 7.65 Luger cartridge was also popular, precisely because of its target accuracy.

And when the 210 was adopted, it was apparently only after people were satisfied that it would not be worse than the Luger in terms of target accuracy.

So what do we know about Swiss pistol competition or formal and semi-formal target shooting that would have used Lugers? What was the courses of fire?

I'm assuming that many or maybe all the targets were engaged at 50 meters.

How comparable was Luger pistol shooting to the CMP EIC Matches we hold in the United States shooting military service pistols?

If anyone knows the details, I'm curious.

03-28-2016, 06:17 PM	#1
SmithSwede User Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 1 Post	Swiss Pistol Competition Using Lugers? One of the things I find so interesting about the Swiss Lugers is that they were apparently appreciated by target shooters and marksmen. Hence you see things like Luger triggers being modified to have useful pulls, or rear sights being changed from a V to a U to improve the sight picture. Seems like the 7.65 Luger cartridge was also popular, precisely because of its target accuracy. And when the 210 was adopted, it was apparently only after people were satisfied that it would not be worse than the Luger in terms of target accuracy. So what do we know about Swiss pistol competition or formal and semi-formal target shooting that would have used Lugers? What was the courses of fire? I'm assuming that many or maybe all the targets were engaged at 50 meters. How comparable was Luger pistol shooting to the CMP EIC Matches we hold in the United States shooting military service pistols? If anyone knows the details, I'm curious.