A rude awakening?

ithacaartist · 10-20-2018, 11:43 PM

Rich, my recollection that you had some expertise about modelguns seems to have panned out! I've only ever seen any of those you mention in pics, and you've had one of these things in-hand. The evidence for casting for this one is obvious even in these pics. Everything seems to be there, and in the correct places, but the whole thing screams crude casting.

sheepherder · 10-21-2018, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Rich, my recollection that you had some expertise about modelguns seems to have panned out!

I know a little about a few things. My first modelgun was, ironically, a "Luger' Made of green plastic, mechanically correct but proportionately distorted. Too big, too flat. Cast in grips. Hairpin springs instead of correct springs. It came as a 'kit' and had to be assembled. Supposedly it would fire projectiles but I could never get it to work. I don't remember what happened to it but I bought a second one a year or two later. I couldn't get that one to work either.

I check eBay occasionally to see if there is one for sale but no luck so far. Memories of the 50's, gone but not forgotten.

Vlim · 10-21-2018, 02:27 PM

Saw examples of that one for sale in large numbers on militaria shows and in museum / souvenir shops in the 1980s -early 2000s. For about 50 to 80 bucks.

They can be cocked and dry fired. Made of some type of pot metal.

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10-21-2018, 02:27 PM	#3
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Saw examples of that one for sale in large numbers on militaria shows and in museum / souvenir shops in the 1980s -early 2000s. For about 50 to 80 bucks. They can be cocked and dry fired. Made of some type of pot metal.