Finnish Military Lugers

Jerry Harris · 06-19-2002, 10:52 PM

RK,
Though we don't hear it often, the Luger does have some things going for it on reliability. The toggle lockup is actually pretty simple. If the breech closes, it's locked - no additional parts involved. You can see and reach the breechblock and both toggle links. If the breech doesn't close, you can slap the toggle down and develop a huge closing force in the last part of the motion.

The slide automatics hide their lockup parts inside. The tilt-barrel link and meshing grooves of the 1911, as well as the locking blocks and camming pins of the Beretta and P-38, have inaccessible voids where ice can form out of sight and out of reach.

I don't know beans about actual low-temperature experimental results, but I suppose the Finns got some, and perhaps weren't too disappointed.

06-19-2002, 10:52 PM	#7
Jerry Harris User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 64 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	RK, Though we don't hear it often, the Luger does have some things going for it on reliability. The toggle lockup is actually pretty simple. If the breech closes, it's locked - no additional parts involved. You can see and reach the breechblock and both toggle links. If the breech doesn't close, you can slap the toggle down and develop a huge closing force in the last part of the motion. The slide automatics hide their lockup parts inside. The tilt-barrel link and meshing grooves of the 1911, as well as the locking blocks and camming pins of the Beretta and P-38, have inaccessible voids where ice can form out of sight and out of reach. I don't know beans about actual low-temperature experimental results, but I suppose the Finns got some, and perhaps weren't too disappointed.