Suggestions for a reliable shooter?

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

And someone ask just the other day, in a thread, here or the other site:

"How do lugers get totally mismatched"?

Great example and thorough explanation.

Funny story.

Almost all Portuguese Navy Lugers were mismatched during their service time.

It was common practice to try changing parts(sideplate, trigger, sear bar and firing pin were the most common, but sometimes the whole upper got swapped) to get a better trigger pull.

Luckily for collectors(mostly in the USA, to where the bulk of them was sold as surplus). The Commander who was in charge of the deal made "his boys" put all that were possible back in "order" before delivery(I found this out recently). It was relatively easy because it was only a little less than 500 pistols.

[G.T.]

Unit performed flawlessly!!! 100% function with included up-graded Mec-Gar mag, although a standard current Mec-Gar would most likely perform the same when new... Anyway, next stop UPS and on the way to Joe! Next post on this thread will hopefully be from Joe with an accuracy range test... As I can't see good enough to make that happen with any degree of success????... Best to all, til....lat'r....GT

[AR1911]

New member here (though I apparently registered years ago) and also a Luger fan since I was a kid. One of the neighbor kids we played "army" with had a toy Luger that looked and felt like a real one. I just loved the ergo and balance of it, even at 10 years old.

Joe is my shooting/collecting partner, a good guy and a great friend. I'm anxious to see his this pistol as well. Looking forward to our next range trip so I can try it out. GT, probably will be contacting you soon

[TNSTAAFL]

My friend and shooting buddy AR1911 ("Rex") is a great guy and we've had many enjoyable trips to the shooting lease to shoot guns, talk about guy stuff, and later on eat BBQ - what could be better in life!

[MFC]

Originally Posted by TNSTAAFL

My friend and shooting buddy AR1911 ("Rex") is a great guy and we've had many enjoyable trips to the shooting lease to shoot guns, talk about guy stuff, and later on eat BBQ - what could be better in life!

It don't git no bettern at!

[TNSTAAFL]

Well, here's the final chapter in my shooter Luger story.

As I'd expect with any used gun that's been around a while, ESPECIALLY one that's assembled from parts of different guns, GT and I had to do some tuning and parts substitution, but today at the range the gun ran flawlessly and I am one happy shooter! Over the years I've purchased some cheap guns and some really nice guns - most of the new-in-the-box gun purchases ran pretty close to 100% right out of the box, as did most of the used guns I've purchased - with a few financially painful exceptions where a wanna be gunsmith substituted parts cause he knew more about guns than John Browning, or thought he did, anyway.

With this Luger being put together from parts of different guns - a "junk yard dog", as GT said - I never expected it to run 100% right away - I KNEW that there would be some trial and error work to get it to 100%, where it is today. Turned out that the problem issue had something to do with the extractor and extractor spring - but GT IMMEDIATELY shipped me some substitution parts and that solved the problem - the gun now runs like a well-oiled machine, which it is.

What really made the difference for me with this gun was GT's availability, mentoring, patience, and experience - I already knew a fair amount about guns, but almost nothing about Lugers - until I got this Luger from GT and started troubleshooting it. What could have made it a bit of a challenge was that GT and I were about 15 hours apart - so, there were a few phone calls and a lot of emails back and forth, but - AND HERE'S THE KICKER - man oh man, did I learn a lot about Lugers from GT along the way - all because of GT's willingness to work with me and teach me and stick with it till the gun was 100% and I was satisfied - which I am.

I've always been intrigued with the Lugers, and almost soured on Lugers after a nightmare with a couple of Stoegar Lugers, but with this Luger I'm really gonna enjoy shooting it cause I understand how it works and I've been up close and personal with the gun - truly, a hands on experience!

Thanks GT !!!