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Dwight Gruber · 02-09-2003, 08:48 AM

HÃ?Â¥kan,

My comment wasn't intended as a criticism of Luger trigger characteristics. I commonly shoot five of my Lugers, they all have long, creepy trigger pulls, all different. Iirc you are gunsmith and no doubt capable of fine-tuning your Luger's trigger pull, which I think is great. My Lugers are all straight off the battlefield; I am not a serious competition shooter, so I don't mind.

Rick,

I passed on a High Standard like yours (didn't have the fancy barrel) in favor of the Ruger. The High Standard is certainly a -much- finer firearm, but the grip angle is too different, after simply handling it for a little while and then switching back to a Luger the sight picture didn't automatically come up the same. That, and the aforementioned trigger similarity, made the Ruger the obvious choice.

The guy behihd the counter informed me that the grip on the High Standard was designed to be as much as possible like the Colt 1911 grip, for handling similarity in bullseye competition. If my shooter of preference was the Colt, I would have picked up the HS in a heartbeat.

--Dwight

02-09-2003, 08:48 AM	#3
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	HÃ?Â¥kan, My comment wasn't intended as a criticism of Luger trigger characteristics. I commonly shoot five of my Lugers, they all have long, creepy trigger pulls, all different. Iirc you are gunsmith and no doubt capable of fine-tuning your Luger's trigger pull, which I think is great. My Lugers are all straight off the battlefield; I am not a serious competition shooter, so I don't mind. Rick, I passed on a High Standard like yours (didn't have the fancy barrel) in favor of the Ruger. The High Standard is certainly a -much- finer firearm, but the grip angle is too different, after simply handling it for a little while and then switching back to a Luger the sight picture didn't automatically come up the same. That, and the aforementioned trigger similarity, made the Ruger the obvious choice. The guy behihd the counter informed me that the grip on the High Standard was designed to be as much as possible like the Colt 1911 grip, for handling similarity in bullseye competition. If my shooter of preference was the Colt, I would have picked up the HS in a heartbeat. --Dwight