Do You Own Lugers You Would Never Shoot?

cirelaw · 03-29-2022, 08:13 PM

None of mine except a shooting luger I had been made for only that purpose! Sold to me by George Anderson! Beautiful reblued and fine tuned trigger~ Austria Barrel~

gunbugs · 03-29-2022, 08:17 PM

I consider all my Lugers to be "shooters". The Germans who made them weren't afraid to shoot them. If I break a part, I break a part. Not the end of the world. If I wanted to start a museum, I'd buy paintings.

cirelaw · 03-29-2022, 08:28 PM

I have now instead Fourteen Lugers~ I would never chance me destroying their each 100% complete, correct matching! There are those with all parts virginity~~~~I'm sure there are exceptions!!! Many lugers were repaired and parts replaced after years of use in two world wars. That is to be expected! I love them all! Its all in the description! I Love Them All, Period! The issue arises in selling or buying!!!!Our Forum is blessed with devoted members, anytime ready to instruct, suggest their opinions for free~ You can agree or disagree! Every luger is unique as is our friends with decades of devotion! Any knowledge or suggestions~More to have valuable free advice that can't be found in any book! Thank each and those Heros make who this possible~ New Member please express your questions freely, no matter! Ask Questions. They are sometime more important than the answers!!! Join in!!!

cirelaw · 03-29-2022, 09:01 PM

I lied! I shot four rounds from my 1914 DWM Rare Artillery Luger!! Powerful and Accurate! But Only Once~

gunbugs · 03-29-2022, 09:43 PM

None of them are "virgins". They have all been shot before. Someone else had them before you did, and before that guy, and so on.

G.T. · 03-29-2022, 10:43 PM

As mentioned above, all of these Lugers have been shot, if not recently, then for certain decades ago... Most will not ever break if the correct ammo is used, and seldom will break even if the wrong ammo is used!

It is a gamble, or crapshoot, and the boogieman is always right there, ready to strike.
I have found that the worst enemy to my collectibles as far as damage or issues related to ownership, are mostly caused by me bumping, dropping, or in any other way possible, causing damage to a gun where before I handled it, it was just fine!....

So, I've come to the conclusion that I don't have the kind of "on-going" luck that is required for shooting an all matching Luger... It will break on me in a heartbeat! The rest of my lifes luck runs about the same. If I don't go looking for trouble, I can pretty much avoid trouble... All my shooters, whether a nice condition miss match, or a pigs ear condition Lugers run fine and seldom break, and that's probably the way i'll roll from here on out... Best to all, til....lat'r....GT...

ithacaartist · 03-29-2022, 11:00 PM

To do so, I'd have to get another Luger and not shoot it.

wlyon · 03-30-2022, 12:21 AM

I don't shoot my lugers. I would like to pass them on in as good a condition as possible. To shoot or not to shoot is solely up to the owner. What someone else does is none of my business. Bill

schutzen-jager · 03-30-2022, 07:32 AM

owned a 1918/1820 DWM for 4 decades + never once fired it - have all matching BYF 42 that i shoot [ 4.5 grs. red dot behind 125gr. Lee cast lead bullet , lubed with Lee liquid alox ] - several times a year for 5 decades with no problems - 5 decades ago almost all Lugers were considered shooters -

Major Tom · 03-30-2022, 08:30 AM

Every firearm I own, I shoot! My 30 cal. luger gets shot a lot!

spacecoast · 03-30-2022, 08:37 AM

I only shoot a few of mine. One of those is the Artillery with the GT-enhanced snail drum. :-)

DonVoigt · 03-30-2022, 02:49 PM

No, I would shoot any of them- but I don't; I have shooter lugers for shooting.

Edward Tinker · 03-30-2022, 02:56 PM

This is one of those issues that seem to polarize folks.

1. I never shoot my collectibles, why risk it
2. I shoot all my guns, why have them otherwise
3. I always shoot them once to see how they shoot
4. I shoot my friends collectibles, but not my own
5. My guns were lost in the river when we were crossing the Delaware

Doubs · 03-30-2022, 03:32 PM

I have Lugers - all matching - that I do not shoot. I also have Lugers that I own just to shoot.

cirelaw · 03-30-2022, 07:04 PM

Same Here!!

sheepherder · 03-30-2022, 07:42 PM

I have not shot my 1900AE and won't. Some of my turn-of-the-century handguns I consider too dangerous to shoot (8mm Gasser; 32 Warner). Other handguns I have not yet shot because I am just too lazy (30 Super/Series 70 Colt auto; Luger carbine). I shot quite a bit when I was younger, then got interested in how they were produced, then got into wildcatting, now I'm into PAC-12 Women's College Gymnastics.

joncon · 03-30-2022, 10:53 PM

I don't shoot my all matching Lugers. I have a refinished BYF42 and a Interarms Mauser for shooting.

hayhugh · 03-31-2022, 06:24 AM

I usually spend so much on the gun, I can't afford the ammo...

Doubs · 03-31-2022, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hayhugh

I usually spend so much on the gun, I can't afford the ammo...

LOL. Ain't that the dyin' truth!!

If I didn't reload, I'd be shooting very little.

03-29-2022, 08:13 PM	#1
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Do You Own Lugers You Would Never Shoot? None of mine except a shooting luger I had been made for only that purpose! Sold to me by George Anderson! Beautiful reblued and fine tuned trigger~ Austria Barrel~ Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

03-29-2022, 10:43 PM	#6
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,485 Thanks: 1,283 Thanked 3,581 Times in 989 Posts	Actually, I see it this way! As mentioned above, all of these Lugers have been shot, if not recently, then for certain decades ago... Most will not ever break if the correct ammo is used, and seldom will break even if the wrong ammo is used! It is a gamble, or crapshoot, and the boogieman is always right there, ready to strike. I have found that the worst enemy to my collectibles as far as damage or issues related to ownership, are mostly caused by me bumping, dropping, or in any other way possible, causing damage to a gun where before I handled it, it was just fine!.... So, I've come to the conclusion that I don't have the kind of "on-going" luck that is required for shooting an all matching Luger... It will break on me in a heartbeat! The rest of my lifes luck runs about the same. If I don't go looking for trouble, I can pretty much avoid trouble... All my shooters, whether a nice condition miss match, or a pigs ear condition Lugers run fine and seldom break, and that's probably the way i'll roll from here on out... Best to all, til....lat'r....GT...

03-29-2022, 11:00 PM	#7
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,282 Thanks: 7,002 Thanked 2,474 Times in 1,319 Posts	To do so, I'd have to get another Luger and not shoot it. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

03-30-2022, 12:21 AM	#8
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,614 Thanks: 3,140 Thanked 2,519 Times in 939 Posts	I don't shoot my lugers. I would like to pass them on in as good a condition as possible. To shoot or not to shoot is solely up to the owner. What someone else does is none of my business. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

03-30-2022, 07:32 AM	#9
schutzen-jager User Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: peoples republic of New Jersey Posts: 187 Thanks: 208 Thanked 187 Times in 86 Posts	owned a 1918/1820 DWM for 4 decades + never once fired it - have all matching BYF 42 that i shoot [ 4.5 grs. red dot behind 125gr. Lee cast lead bullet , lubed with Lee liquid alox ] - several times a year for 5 decades with no problems - 5 decades ago almost all Lugers were considered shooters - Last edited by schutzen-jager; 03-31-2022 at 07:37 AM. Reason: addendum

03-29-2022, 08:17 PM	#2
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 635 Thanks: 335 Thanked 1,137 Times in 377 Posts	I consider all my Lugers to be "shooters". The Germans who made them weren't afraid to shoot them. If I break a part, I break a part. Not the end of the world. If I wanted to start a museum, I'd buy paintings.

03-29-2022, 08:28 PM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	I have now instead Fourteen Lugers~ I would never chance me destroying their each 100% complete, correct matching! There are those with all parts virginity~~~~I'm sure there are exceptions!!! Many lugers were repaired and parts replaced after years of use in two world wars. That is to be expected! I love them all! Its all in the description! I Love Them All, Period! The issue arises in selling or buying!!!!Our Forum is blessed with devoted members, anytime ready to instruct, suggest their opinions for free~ You can agree or disagree! Every luger is unique as is our friends with decades of devotion! Any knowledge or suggestions~More to have valuable free advice that can't be found in any book! Thank each and those Heros make who this possible~ New Member please express your questions freely, no matter! Ask Questions. They are sometime more important than the answers!!! Join in!!!

03-29-2022, 09:01 PM	#4
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	I lied! I shot four rounds from my 1914 DWM Rare Artillery Luger!! Powerful and Accurate! But Only Once~

03-29-2022, 09:43 PM	#5
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 635 Thanks: 335 Thanked 1,137 Times in 377 Posts	None of them are "virgins". They have all been shot before. Someone else had them before you did, and before that guy, and so on.

03-30-2022, 08:30 AM	#10
Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 481 Thanks: 531 Thanked 226 Times in 123 Posts	Every firearm I own, I shoot! My 30 cal. luger gets shot a lot! __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

03-30-2022, 08:37 AM	#11
spacecoast User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: FL and PA Posts: 332 Thanks: 276 Thanked 243 Times in 109 Posts	I only shoot a few of mine. One of those is the Artillery with the GT-enhanced snail drum. :-) __________________ My avatars are the Bulgarian word for "Fire", as seen on my 1900, 1906 and 1908 Bulgarian Contract DWM Lugers. Looking for a DWM Commercial side plate #95

03-30-2022, 02:49 PM	#12
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,677 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,345 Times in 2,037 Posts	No, I would shoot any of them- but I don't; I have shooter lugers for shooting. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

03-30-2022, 02:56 PM	#13
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	This is one of those issues that seem to polarize folks. 1. I never shoot my collectibles, why risk it 2. I shoot all my guns, why have them otherwise 3. I always shoot them once to see how they shoot 4. I shoot my friends collectibles, but not my own 5. My guns were lost in the river when we were crossing the Delaware

03-30-2022, 03:32 PM	#14
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,670 Thanks: 769 Thanked 1,611 Times in 525 Posts	I have Lugers - all matching - that I do not shoot. I also have Lugers that I own just to shoot.

03-30-2022, 07:04 PM	#15
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Same Here!!

03-30-2022, 07:42 PM	#16
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,181 Thanks: 1,398 Thanked 4,438 Times in 2,327 Posts	I have not shot my 1900AE and won't. Some of my turn-of-the-century handguns I consider too dangerous to shoot (8mm Gasser; 32 Warner). Other handguns I have not yet shot because I am just too lazy (30 Super/Series 70 Colt auto; Luger carbine). I shot quite a bit when I was younger, then got interested in how they were produced, then got into wildcatting, now I'm into PAC-12 Women's College Gymnastics. __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

03-30-2022, 10:53 PM	#17
joncon User Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	I don't shoot my all matching Lugers. I have a refinished BYF42 and a Interarms Mauser for shooting.

03-31-2022, 06:24 AM	#18
hayhugh User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Florida/Penna Posts: 882 Thanks: 847 Thanked 507 Times in 270 Posts	I usually spend so much on the gun, I can't afford the ammo...