TargetLuger project

[Michael Zeleny]

Originally Posted by postino

In the past, I was a fan of Bo-Mar Combat Sights on 1911 style pistols; now I just rely on a Colt GCNM. Once initially dialed in, I never made any more changes, so the special milling of the slide for the BMCS and fitting a higher front sight was largely a cosmetic modification (I could have done the same with solid sights). But it looked cool, and all the kids were doing it...

I had read your import tutorial, and noted the 'pay through the nose' note. Hopefully, that has improved.

I look forward to pictures of your Werle Luger!!!

Drift windage adjustments work fine for me. Extra complexity and inferior ergonomics of screw adjustments don't. Elevation is a matter of holding over.

Paying through the nose is an invariant of imports. Shipping charges and customs duties are proportional to weight and cost, so apart from application and licensing fees there aren't many economies of scale. Like everything else in life, it's all about relationships, which I am cultivating to the best of my ability.

[Olle]

Originally Posted by alvin

I heard there is a breath-taking new technology called "3D Printing". Don't know what it is, but someone has already used it to create sample shootable pistol (according to Yahoo News).

Can it be applied on Luger to tremendously reduce production cost??

That technology is still in its infancy, and the materials available set the limits for what you can do with it. There are some 3D gun drawings out there and there has been a lot of talk about "home printed" guns, but none of them seem to work. I'm sure that we'll hear more about this in the future, but right now it can't be used for much more than making headlines:

http://rt.com/news/3d-gun-australia-police-758/

[alanint]

Why exactly are the Australian police spending time testing these manufacturing methods? Since when is this within the scope of police work?

[Olle]

Originally Posted by alanint

Why exactly are the Australian police spending time testing these manufacturing methods? Since when is this within the scope of police work?

The authorities are all over this, they have done a similar test in Finland with the same result. From what I have heard, they're trying to figure out how to prohibit file sharing. I guess the first step is some scare tactics, like "don't try this at home".

[Spuhr]

Hi long time since last time....
Here is a few pics of how the pistol turned out.