Food for thought: is the luger really a "weak" design?

Diver6106 · 06-18-2017, 12:16 PM

While I love shooting Lugers, it does have a lot of moving parts and not straight forward like an auto with a slide - now the dominant design. But since the design was for 7.65 Parabellum but then increased to 9mm and even 45 ACP. One would have to conclude it is certainly a robust design.

I bought a WWI DWM with an original broken firing pin, the catch block for the sear was broken off but the metal was all there. It had cleanly cracked at the weakest point, around the base of the block at the tube part. But without careful micro analysis, one could not tell if it was from wear or metallurgy of the time. And as we know, metallurgy improved in the Luger over the years, with Mauser and Kreighoff pistols.

06-18-2017, 12:16 PM	#34
Diver6106 User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Mt. Vernon VA Posts: 245 Thanks: 1,430 Thanked 117 Times in 75 Posts	While I love shooting Lugers, it does have a lot of moving parts and not straight forward like an auto with a slide - now the dominant design. But since the design was for 7.65 Parabellum but then increased to 9mm and even 45 ACP. One would have to conclude it is certainly a robust design. I bought a WWI DWM with an original broken firing pin, the catch block for the sear was broken off but the metal was all there. It had cleanly cracked at the weakest point, around the base of the block at the tube part. But without careful micro analysis, one could not tell if it was from wear or metallurgy of the time. And as we know, metallurgy improved in the Luger over the years, with Mauser and Kreighoff pistols.