Want to buy this Luger

Michael Zeleny · 07-22-2012, 10:52 PM

Ron, you make an interesting argument, and I concede the point that starting in 1902, some Lugers were meant by their various makers to chamber some 9mm rounds. But I remain unpersuaded as to the intrinsic fitness of Luger's toggle action design to chamber and cycle the tapered 9mm Para round as well as it does the 7.65mm Para one. Please consider that the choice of springs has no bearing on which calibers the Luger would chamber, much as it bears on which calibers it would cycle. We may further assume that Georg Luger had his reasons to say what he said, and not another thing. How then would you explain the 8mm upper limit that he placed on the caliber that his 1899 design would chamber?

07-22-2012, 10:52 PM	#30
Michael Zeleny Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 525 Thanks: 129 Thanked 139 Times in 76 Posts	Ron, you make an interesting argument, and I concede the point that starting in 1902, some Lugers were meant by their various makers to chamber some 9mm rounds. But I remain unpersuaded as to the intrinsic fitness of Luger's toggle action design to chamber and cycle the tapered 9mm Para round as well as it does the 7.65mm Para one. Please consider that the choice of springs has no bearing on which calibers the Luger would chamber, much as it bears on which calibers it would cycle. We may further assume that Georg Luger had his reasons to say what he said, and not another thing. How then would you explain the 8mm upper limit that he placed on the caliber that his 1899 design would chamber? __________________ Michael Zeleny@post.harvard.edu -- http://larvatus.livejournal.com/ -- 7576 Willow Glen Road, Los Angeles, CA 90046 -- 323.363.1860 All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett