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Alx · 08-20-2007, 07:43 PM

I had one, with an unnoticed hairline crack in the receiver right over the barrel, 'thought it was a mold seam, 'cause it was straight. It never fed reliably, was poorly engineered and constructed, IMHO. Sheet metal toggle parts, alloy frame (not too bad), steel barrel screwed into an alloy fork, (not too good ).
The worst thing is the distorted shape of the rear of the gun. Big Ermas look no better. The shape of a real Luger is so refined and well balanced, that just any approximate copy is likely to look awful. The only Luger copy I have ever seen with a proportionally correct shape is the smaller Erma Luger KGP models KGP69 in .22LR, and the KGP68/a in .32 and .380.
Stoeger's (aka Mitchell's) Luger in stainless steel, made in Houston TX, are nearly exact copies of the original German P08, but are made of so soft a metal it might as well be aluminum. And look like a Luger with a terminally severe buff job.

08-20-2007, 07:43 PM	#20
Alx User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nashville, Tennessee area Posts: 263 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I had one, with an unnoticed hairline crack in the receiver right over the barrel, 'thought it was a mold seam, 'cause it was straight. It never fed reliably, was poorly engineered and constructed, IMHO. Sheet metal toggle parts, alloy frame (not too bad), steel barrel screwed into an alloy fork, (not too good ). The worst thing is the distorted shape of the rear of the gun. Big Ermas look no better. The shape of a real Luger is so refined and well balanced, that just any approximate copy is likely to look awful. The only Luger copy I have ever seen with a proportionally correct shape is the smaller Erma Luger KGP models KGP69 in .22LR, and the KGP68/a in .32 and .380. Stoeger's (aka Mitchell's) Luger in stainless steel, made in Houston TX, are nearly exact copies of the original German P08, but are made of so soft a metal it might as well be aluminum. And look like a Luger with a terminally severe buff job.