Finnish Luger

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Patrick Sweeney

Just out of curiosity, why the hole in the bottom of the breechblock?

Deactivated/ Vent in case of case rupture? Just to be different?

Vent for gas in case of pierced primer/case rupture.
Not to be different, for reason above.

[stg44fan]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Vent for gas in case of pierced primer/case rupture.
Not to be different, for reason above.

Every SA with a Tikka barrel I've seen has this. I hear it was done to pistols converted from 7.65 to 9mm. Anybody with more knowledge than me confirm this?

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by stg44fan

Every SA with a Tikka barrel I've seen has this. I hear it was done to pistols converted from 7.65 to 9mm. Anybody with more knowledge than me confirm this?

No, I can't confirm or confound- but I believe I read somewhere that all SA pistols were so treated. Most were 9mm, maybe not, see the posts below, to start with.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by stg44fan

Every SA with a Tikka barrel...

At the risk of alienating even more members here, I would request that you refer to it by its correct name: Tikkakoski (or at least its American equivalent/spelling).

We have several actual Finnish members here and they do take offense to the shortening of the name.

I believe (but can't prove) that shortening it causes it to be construed/confused as a crude Finnish curse...

Something like if a American barrel manufacturer named Dickinson were to be referred to as "a Dicked barrel"...

Or if a Luger from a well-known deceased member's collection were to be referred to as "that Shat Luger"...

I hope you get my drift...

Here's another illustration (a true one)...When I was in the Philly Naval Hospital back in '71, the head nurse in the neurosurgery ward was a full lieutenant named Patricia Woods. Very pretty and all business. The corpsmen would call her 'Woodie' behind her back, accompanied with grins & giggles. I never knew what that term meant until the arrival of the Internet (we used another term in WNY).

Now, would you want to be called/ known by a vulgar term??? Or your sister, or wife???

The man had an honorable name: Tikkakoski. Let's honor him by using it.

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

At the risk of alienating even more members here, I would request that you refer to it by its correct name: Tikkakoski (or at least its American equivalent/spelling).

We have several actual Finnish members here and they do take offense to the shortening of the name.

Rich, if that upsets them, what do they think about this? (Sorry for the thread drift, but I couldn't resist.)

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4573

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Rich, if that upsets them, what do they think about this? (Sorry for the thread drift, but I couldn't resist.)

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4573

Dave, living as I do in New York State, that's about as believable as anything that comes out of Albany...

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Dave, living as I do in New York State, that's about as believable as anything that comes out of Albaby...

.. as we do.

Hard to keep up with Cuomo's shenanigans...