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| View Poll Results: Peaked interest of Lugers | |||
| One of the first widely adopted automatic pistols |
   
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1 | 1.27% |
| Craftsmenship, engineering, function |
  
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27 | 34.18% |
| Beauty, apperance, style |
  
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14 | 17.72% |
| Romanticized/connotion to WWI |
  
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5 | 6.33% |
| Connection to the Weimer Republic |
  
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2 | 2.53% |
| Romanticized/connection to Nazi Germany & WWII |
  
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9 | 11.39% |
| Other (explain) |
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21 | 26.58% |
| Voters: 79. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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03-22-2014, 04:13 PM
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I believe the word is 'connotation'...
 This poll would have to be aimed at 'collectors' rather than casual accumulators [like me]. I bought my first 'Luger' back in the '70's from my recruiter, and another several months later. I'm not really a fanatical follower of Georg Luger, as I consider him a 'plagiarizer' of Hugo Borchardt's ideas. But I am fascinated by both for being 'Rube Goldberg' concepts.  Mostly I like to study the way it is manufactured, machined, assembled, and finished. I once worked in an aero factory that made P-40 Warhawks during WW II and quite a bit of the machinery was still there and in use. I would love to be able to tour a genuine Parabellum factory (any one of the seven).  Or any early 1900's handgun production facility.  ...Like this one...
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