CCW, a Luger? (Dumb question # 2)

tipoc · 07-09-2002, 08:35 AM

ccw a Luger? I tried it once with an artilery model. Walked around for a couple of weeks with it till one day a young woman giggled and said "You sure got a skinny thing mister." That was the end of that. In reality though I wouldn't for several reasons. 1. My Lugers are almost 100 years old, a lot of high pressure rounds have gone through them, I would not want something to give when I needed it most. I would want something more recently made. 2. The Luger is a full size service weapon and is a bit cumbersome for ccw, to me anyway. 3. The sights, modern pistols have much better sights. etc. Lugers are beautiful pieces of machining and pleasent to shoot and look at but by the 1920,s better pistols had come along. If I was transported back in time to 1940 I'd pick a Colt M1903 or 08, the Walther PP, PPK or P-38, Mauser Hsc, the great 1911A1, Browning Hi-Power, or the outstanding Radom.
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07-09-2002, 08:35 AM	#4
tipoc User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Redwood City, Ca. Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ccw a Luger? I tried it once with an artilery model. Walked around for a couple of weeks with it till one day a young woman giggled and said "You sure got a skinny thing mister." That was the end of that. In reality though I wouldn't for several reasons. 1. My Lugers are almost 100 years old, a lot of high pressure rounds have gone through them, I would not want something to give when I needed it most. I would want something more recently made. 2. The Luger is a full size service weapon and is a bit cumbersome for ccw, to me anyway. 3. The sights, modern pistols have much better sights. etc. Lugers are beautiful pieces of machining and pleasent to shoot and look at but by the 1920,s better pistols had come along. If I was transported back in time to 1940 I'd pick a Colt M1903 or 08, the Walther PP, PPK or P-38, Mauser Hsc, the great 1911A1, Browning Hi-Power, or the outstanding Radom. tipoc