More elegant than Luger?

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by STEINBVG

Luger pistol had a chance and an ugly duckling for a father...

Excuse me??? The C93 Borchardt was and still is one of the most captivating of all automatic pistols.

Put the C93 at one end of a table and a P08 at the other, and which do you think will receive the most attention? The Borchardt was a ground breaking design with a powerful cartridge that in itself was a giant step forward.

[STEINBVG]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Excuse me??? The C93 Borchardt was and still is one of the most captivating of all automatic pistols.

Put the C93 at one end of a table and a P08 at the other, and which do you think will receive the most attention? The Borchardt was a ground breaking design with a powerful cartridge that in itself was a giant step forward.

No arguments on those points.

I personally find bulky Borchard or C96 to be extremely attractive and sticking out of the line of an average silhouettes of modern handguns.

But despite the innovations and some commercial success, wasn,t Borchardt,s bulkiness and awkwardness a reason that it was transformed into much more comfortable , proportionate and aesthetically pleasing and beloved by millions Luger?

I merely point out aesthetics...not popularity. Although Luger has scored on both.


And yes, some will find Silverman unattractive , but hell if it doesn,t stick out of line of early self loading pistols.

I,m also a big fun of Scwarzlose pistols, very impressive engineering and I guess to a lesser degree aesthetics- but again it,s arguable.

[Heinz]

You might look into the National Automatic Pistol Collectors Association. They have an online presence, it may be members only, but if you have wide ranging interest in automatic pistols it is a good source and some folks there are into those ugly off brands like Mannlicher and Mauser

http://www.napca.net