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Unread 10-24-2013, 10:39 AM   #61
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Wow! You almost have to wear sunglasses to look at it.
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Unread 10-24-2013, 01:21 PM   #62
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Default 1937 S/42 Mauser made Luger Shooter...

This all matching 1937 S/42 Mauser made Luger is a shooter by virtue of the pitting... It has outstanding accuracy and functions well.

I've brought it to many of the courses I teach, and lots of people have fired their first Luger with it... I save it till the end of class range time as a special treat for the students!
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Unread 10-24-2013, 02:37 PM   #63
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Wow! You almost have to wear sunglasses to look at it.
Yep. My father made the grips around 1948. 'Sort of a varient of sweetheart grips. It's a 1942 byf, all matching numbers (except the magazine) but it's been polished and reblued so it's not a collector gun. I fired it yesterday for what was likely the first time since WWII. It performed flawlessly until I tried some JHP's in and got a couple FTF's. In the future it will just see ball ammo.
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A shooter Luger, is just that, a shooter. Mismatched, East German or Russian reworks(these are beginning to rise above "shooter" catagory), a pitted or "Bubba" re-blued example, or one that you assembled yourself from parts. ...

Well my P08 shooter certainly lives up to this definition!

In 1975 I was hot to get a Luger. I looked at all the pretty ones, authentic and the post-war Mausers, but they were out of my price range. Then I stumbled across an ugly duckling at a pawn shop. The price was the lowest I'd seen for a P08, I think $150, but even I as a novice could tell it was a parts gun. The frame and toggle assembly were DWM and the barrel and plum colored receiver were from a 1938 S/42 Mauser. Counting up all the mismatched numbers, the parts came from about 15 different P08s! But it met my requirements: Luger, cheap and 9mm.

Surprisingly it turned out to be a reliable shooter with thousands of rounds over 30+ years and only one broken part, the big rear axle pin which of course was an easy fix.

Then I bought a DWM 1913 barreled receiver on eBay so was able to turn the pistol into period correct WWI Luger (though it still had parts from about 15 different Lugers). Later I found a complete S/42 marked toggle assembly to complete the 1938 Mauser barreled receiver. I got very lucky, both uppers (with either toggle assembly) function reliably on the DWM frame. None of the parts have been refinished or reblued since there is no point.

So I can have a WWI shooter or change uppers to have what appears to be a WWII shooter (the frame is not).

Of course it was a dumb way to go about it and lucky it worked. I should have sold the mixmaster and bought something better but it's hard to sell a working shooter for peanuts then hope to find something better that may or may not work as well.

Now my other P08, a lightly used 1941 byf, is too valuable to shoot so guess which one is more fun!
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Hello Luger friends,

to put this thread a bit allive again.

This is my shooter 1916/1920 and i am a reloader with a nice working lead bullit load of N320. This round works also in my classic C96 RedNine

greetings from Bavaria

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Hello Luger friends,

to put this thread a bit allive again.

This is my shooter 1916/1920 and i am a reloader with a nice working lead bullit load of N320. This round works also in my classic C96 RedNine

greetings from Bavaria

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Looks like a darn nice "shooter", thanks for posting and welcome to the board.
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Thank you and yes its a nice one.

It may sounds odd but for me this is somehow also a piece of art..like the C96.

The 1911 on the other side is just a "efective brutal fighting piece"

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Thank you and yes its a nice one.

It may sounds odd but for me this is somehow also a piece of art..like the C96.

The 1911 on the other side is just a "efective brutal fighting piece"

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Welcome and very true.

1911 = brick; luger = fine dagger, JMHO.
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I also happen to like shooting the "brick".
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I wish my Lugers were as reliable/dependable as my "bricks".......I still love them anyway!!
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Unread 11-14-2016, 04:31 PM   #72
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I like shooting my bricks also, but they are still bricks.
Some bricks are as finicky as a fine luger; conversley, a couple of my lugers won't stop for anything/

But on average a brick is pretty "forgiving", kind of like a hand grenade.
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Unread 11-14-2016, 05:11 PM   #73
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My shooter Lugers are as relialeble as my most accurate "brick" (STI). And almost as relialble as my WW II (there's no way it will fail) "brick".

The price of reliability being:

Best group of "old faithfull" 4 to 6" at 25 meters.

Best group of STI 1,5 to 2" at same distance.

Both off hand one hand shooting.
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My shooter Lugers are as relialeble as my most accurate "brick" (STI). And almost as relialble as my WW II (there's no way it will fail) "brick".

The price of reliability being:

Best group of "old faithfull" 4 to 6" at 25 meters.

Best group of STI 1,5 to 2" at same distance.

Both off hand one hand shooting.
Exactly; and don't foget the "brick" rattles a little.
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I have a 1944 Colt 1911A1 that does rattle some, but it is like the "EverReady Bunny" and just runs and runs and runs!!
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This one has a DWM 1906 receiver, an 06/29 barrel and a post-war Swiss mag. Barrel work by GT, refinished receiver and barrel courtesy Thor, stocks redone by Jim Solomon. Quite the shooter.
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This one has a DWM 1906 receiver, an 06/29 barrel and a post-war Swiss mag. Barrel work by GT, refinished receiver and barrel courtesy Thor. Quite the shooter.
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Remarkable!
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And being admonished for fireing a very rare luger, George Anderson sold me a beautiful shooter. It has an Austrian barrel and Haenel Schmeisser mag! Last month I finally fired my first luger! Eric
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Hmmm...I like that. Looking good!
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