my profile |
register |
faq |
search upload photo | donate | calendar |
12-14-2003, 06:42 PM | #1 |
User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 25
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
stainless steel Lugers - what happened?
What is the history of those stainless steel Lugers being sold 8 or so years ago? I remember a firm in Houston producing one. Why did they stop making these guns. Any members have pictures of these guns? Hey, they are Lugers and I am sure many feel these are corny repros. I just feel they are Lugers and therefore, collectable!
|
12-14-2003, 08:54 PM | #2 |
User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Arlington, Texas
Posts: 518
Thanks: 0
Thanked 20 Times in 8 Posts
|
They are still being made!!! If you go to the Member Gallery, there are pictures of several stainless steel Lugers there...
__________________
Johnny C. Kitchens |
12-14-2003, 09:01 PM | #3 |
User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 3,899
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1,307 Times in 429 Posts
|
And if you go to the "Links and Resources" section you will find the contact information for Orimar Firearms Manufacturing Inc., which is the company making these guns.
--Dwight |
12-15-2003, 04:59 PM | #4 |
User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 25
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Thank's guys, but the question remains. Do you real Luger collectors actually would bother buying a stainless reproduction? Seems novel to me!
|
12-15-2003, 07:55 PM | #5 |
User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
Posts: 487
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
I can't speak for others, but a new Stainless was the first Luger that I owned. I wanted one that I could shoot without worry about breaking old parts and had a longer barrel. Some like them and accept them as just a new variation and others think they are abominations. Take your pick.
Without new Lugers being made, the number is finite and gets smaller everyday. Soon they will be too old and rare for the average person to own and unsafe to shoot anyway. Of the "originals" the newest are 58 years old and a few are over 100. How many 100 year old guns are safe to shoot very often? Much of the fun of having these guns is to shoot them. I don't think that they are going to go up in value for a while due to being in current production but if you are not buying for an investment, they are a good choice in my opinion. There are already several variations that have been or are now being made so I think they offer a collecting challenge in their own right. |
12-16-2003, 10:07 AM | #6 |
Lifer
Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The Capital of the Free World
Posts: 10,153
Thanks: 3,003
Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts
|
I concur with Steve... To me they are the next generation of the Luger... and a continuation of the design.
__________________
regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL and are endowed by their Creator with certain UNALIENABLE rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..." |
12-16-2003, 05:06 PM | #7 |
User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 25
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
I Agree with you Steve, while I have heard that corrosion is the biggest enemy of a firearm. Nothing to say that a properly headspaced chamber and a gun free of corrosion can't be fired for many years to come. But let's face it, who wants to shoot a collectors firearm? I want to get a stainless Luger myself. Chances are, I'll get a safe queen and keep it unfired. And I agree with you John. To continue a fine tradition in building a facinating gun.
|
12-16-2003, 05:17 PM | #8 |
User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: NC - USA
Posts: 1,239
Thanks: 0
Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts
|
I have a 6" stainless what I enjoy shooting. Nice gun, except for the inadequate "V" notch rear sight.
I wonder if anyone has ever considered adding an adjustable rear target sight to one of these stainless shooters. Luke
__________________
"Peace, if possible; truth, at any cost." . . . Martin Luther |
12-17-2003, 07:30 AM | #9 |
User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 25
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Luke,
Get some pictures up real soon. Seems very confusing (Mitchell, Stoeger, Orimar). That is the flats (black, stainless) or whatever. Just the same way. I want either a 6 inch Luger or a .30 Luger. |
12-17-2003, 09:02 AM | #10 |
User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 3,899
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1,307 Times in 429 Posts
|
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by TOGGLELOCK:
<strong>I want either a 6 inch Luger or a .30 Luger.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Togglelock, go here. The usual disclaimer--I have no connection with the sale of this gun. --Dwight |
|
|