most reliable luger? what year?

[hutch1510]

Originally Posted by alanint

A Luger is one of the last guns on Earth I would entrust my life to.

With so many inexpensive and reliable guns available today, why would you want to entrust your life to a Luger?
They are ammo sensitive, they are dust sensitive, they must be carried with a loaded chamber to be any good in a concealed weapon role, something I would never do. They are large and cumbersome for the caliber compared to other, more modern offerings. They have a limited ammo capacity. They don't really like hollow point, defense ammo.

I could go on but I think I've made my point. The only thing a Luger is better than for concealed carry is no gun at all.

the reason is simple... i like german stuff... k98's in particular.... i already built the ultimate 1911, that looks plain jane GI, but i fitter a kart barrel, and fine tuned all internals, gun is 100%.... i like the luger, i like ww2 stuff... i know i'm buying it and will occasionally carry it... so i just need to know if some are better than others.... while form usually follows function with me...clearly this is not the case with the luger... function will obviously follow form.... however if i can get one more reliable than another ofcoarse i will do so.... i'm buying a luger for the form and history, ofcoarse i want to research which one to buy..... i care not for the modern MIM metal injection miold toy guns of today, i like character and for the gun to be as reliable as i can get it.... however seems like all the lugers german built, were essentially the same in build quality and performance... so my question has been answered... now the journey begins of finding a nice deal/shooter