Skeeter Skelton on Lugers

Dwight Gruber · 02-15-2006, 02:15 AM

I don't think you will get any disagreement on the points you mention.

I just read through Skelton's article again, and it appears that much of it is an appreciation of mechanical sophistication, manufactured elegance, ergonomic grace--an ineffible esthetic which those of us on this Forum somehow innately appreciate. Inasmuch as it may be said of a weapon this is a beautiful object, and designed to be so.

None of this is shared by the P-38, "inferior" on these levels (and on a practical basis, the P-08 is inherently much more accurate).

--Dwight

02-15-2006, 02:15 AM	#9
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	I don't think you will get any disagreement on the points you mention. I just read through Skelton's article again, and it appears that much of it is an appreciation of mechanical sophistication, manufactured elegance, ergonomic grace--an ineffible esthetic which those of us on this Forum somehow innately appreciate. Inasmuch as it may be said of a weapon this is a beautiful object, and designed to be so. None of this is shared by the P-38, "inferior" on these levels (and on a practical basis, the P-08 is inherently much more accurate). --Dwight