Stoeger American Eagle Luger

DougT · 06-23-2005, 02:59 PM

Hi all,

OK--that's it! I've heard all I can stand! They are "done on the cheap." Look at the oversized, plastic magazine release button: the "checkering" on it looks more like a miniature waffle iron. Ditto for the "checkering" on the toggles--cheap is the word. And you just gotta love that "moving sideplate." And how about all the nice rounded edges--no "Bubba buffing" required (it's already done for you at the factory). Sorry folks, but you'll get no sympathy from me. With the CNC type modern machining equipment (that has been available for years), these guns most certainly could have been made as well and as nice as the "vintage" guns. Maybe the production set-up would have cost a bit more, but there is no way you're going to convince me that they couldn't have duplicated the "old world" results. They made 'em out of stainless so that they wouldn't have to blue them (I can go with that), and they buffed them up real pretty to catch the newbie's eye--but they dishonored the Luger heritage by cost-cutting. Had they bothered to make these things right, the stainless Lugers would be holding their own today, and Orimar would be enjoying great success. They could have followed up with a .45, and named their price. Instead, they have faded to almost rumor status, and it's no wonder why. The typical American failure story: Sitting on top of a gold mine, but too stupid to pick up a shovel.

DougT

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06-23-2005, 02:59 PM	#12
DougT User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: So. Cal. Posts: 171 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi all, OK--that's it! I've heard all I can stand! They are "done on the cheap." Look at the oversized, plastic magazine release button: the "checkering" on it looks more like a miniature waffle iron. Ditto for the "checkering" on the toggles--cheap is the word. And you just gotta love that "moving sideplate." And how about all the nice rounded edges--no "Bubba buffing" required (it's already done for you at the factory). Sorry folks, but you'll get no sympathy from me. With the CNC type modern machining equipment (that has been available for years), these guns most certainly could have been made as well and as nice as the "vintage" guns. Maybe the production set-up would have cost a bit more, but there is no way you're going to convince me that they couldn't have duplicated the "old world" results. They made 'em out of stainless so that they wouldn't have to blue them (I can go with that), and they buffed them up real pretty to catch the newbie's eye--but they dishonored the Luger heritage by cost-cutting. Had they bothered to make these things right, the stainless Lugers would be holding their own today, and Orimar would be enjoying great success. They could have followed up with a .45, and named their price. Instead, they have faded to almost rumor status, and it's no wonder why. The typical American failure story: Sitting on top of a gold mine, but too stupid to pick up a shovel. DougT