New Luger Video

Dwight Gruber · 05-08-2021, 12:17 PM

Interesting. Long. Enthusiastic Luger non-expert. Take with beachful grains of sand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ3BOLsJNoo

--Dwight

mrerick · 05-09-2021, 11:33 AM

You're looking at the Video Game driven future of the hobby of collecting Luger pistols...

Enthusiasm is great. Seeing how he values his VoPo / RC Luger is great. His interest in the history is great. His appreciation of craftsmanship and precision is great.

His lack of safe handling (not checking the chamber for empty when he picked it up and dropped the magazine, then reinserted it) is not great.

"Easy 100 yard shots"? "Safety Nazis'? "Made for hot loads"? See... there is still a place for us old codgers... I wonder where he'll find a Kydex holster so he can concealed carry it? I just know I never would...

In some shots you can see he's still recovering from his "Garand Thumb"... That's a visual testament to "judgement" on handling his firearms... As he says, "all my autistic whims can now be fulfilled"...

But... consider that this video has had close to a quarter million views, on a channel with over a million subscribers...

If his enthusiasm motivates just 10 percent of his viewers to want a Luger, then eventually we'll see that demand present itself. For collectors, our job is to continue the education of those 25,000 people...

05-08-2021, 12:17 PM	#1
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,889 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,281 Times in 423 Posts	New Luger Video Interesting. Long. Enthusiastic Luger non-expert. Take with beachful grains of sand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ3BOLsJNoo --Dwight

05-09-2021, 11:33 AM	#2
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,900 Thanks: 1,370 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	You're looking at the Video Game driven future of the hobby of collecting Luger pistols... Enthusiasm is great. Seeing how he values his VoPo / RC Luger is great. His interest in the history is great. His appreciation of craftsmanship and precision is great. His lack of safe handling (not checking the chamber for empty when he picked it up and dropped the magazine, then reinserted it) is not great. "Easy 100 yard shots"? "Safety Nazis'? "Made for hot loads"? See... there is still a place for us old codgers... I wonder where he'll find a Kydex holster so he can concealed carry it? I just know I never would... In some shots you can see he's still recovering from his "Garand Thumb"... That's a visual testament to "judgement" on handling his firearms... As he says, "all my autistic whims can now be fulfilled"... But... consider that this video has had close to a quarter million views, on a channel with over a million subscribers... If his enthusiasm motivates just 10 percent of his viewers to want a Luger, then eventually we'll see that demand present itself. For collectors, our job is to continue the education of those 25,000 people... __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.