What got you into lugers?

luke66gun · 06-11-2018, 10:01 PM

We had an old solid aluminum Luger when we were kids that we got to play with and sometimes used the butt as a hammer. So for me it was always the cool pistol. A ladies husband had died and while cleaning she found his old guns and asked my brother ( a police officer) if he would take it out of her house. He called and asked if I wanted it as he had no interest describing it as having a VERY long barrel. He wanted cash so i forked it over. Turned out to be a numbers matching 1916 artillery. that was 5 lugers ago. Finally shot it after many years of ownership and fear of breaking parts. 102 years old and very accurate... he tried it and offered to buy it back

View Poll Results: Peaked interest of Lugers
One of the first widely adopted automatic pistols	1	1.27%
Craftsmenship, engineering, function	27	34.18%
Beauty, apperance, style	14	17.72%
Romanticized/connotion to WWI	5	6.33%
Connection to the Weimer Republic	2	2.53%
Romanticized/connection to Nazi Germany & WWII	9	11.39%
Other (explain)	21	26.58%
Voters: 79. You may not vote on this poll

06-11-2018, 10:01 PM	#40
luke66gun New User Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	they don't make them like that anymore We had an old solid aluminum Luger when we were kids that we got to play with and sometimes used the butt as a hammer. So for me it was always the cool pistol. A ladies husband had died and while cleaning she found his old guns and asked my brother ( a police officer) if he would take it out of her house. He called and asked if I wanted it as he had no interest describing it as having a VERY long barrel. He wanted cash so i forked it over. Turned out to be a numbers matching 1916 artillery. that was 5 lugers ago. Finally shot it after many years of ownership and fear of breaking parts. 102 years old and very accurate... he tried it and offered to buy it back