The luger trigger

[Vlim]

It looked cute.

Apart from that, it's a bit of a form follows function issue that also tied in with the design 'fashion' of those days. The luger pistol has a lot of design features that can be attributed to the Jugendstil / Art Deco style of those days.

What also influence the design of several luger parts was the request by DWM to Georg Luger to keep as much of the Borchardt design as possible, in order to reduce the cost for retooling.

[cashdds]

Interesting..... I would have figured the French would have been more inclined to incorporate such "fashion" into their little "fu fu"pistols.
I found it strange on the Luger since it appears to allow the trigger finger to "reset" the trigger if it failed to do so on its own... but seeing as the Luger has no "second strike" capability it would seem to be a useless attribute in those regards.
Unless..... due to the tight nature of the pistol and its disdain for dust and debris, it was thought to help move the trigger back and forth and hopefully knock free any trapped battlefield "gunk."
I can see the Germans thinking in this respect....

[Drachenstein]

French had no need of fashion weapons, they were only intended to be dropped once. I heard the Chauchat did make an excellent still though.
Frank

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Vlim

What also influence the design of several luger parts was the request by DWM to Georg Luger to keep as much of the Borchardt design as possible, in order to reduce the cost for retooling.

In fact, the more you look at a disassembled Borchardt, the more you realize that Georg Luger didn't do all that much in the way of design...He "streamlined" Borchardt's design...

I know, that is close to heresy in this Forum...