Wut?

ithacaartist · 03-16-2017, 05:23 PM

Single shot .22 conversion of Luger? For anyone who has heard the term, this "remodeling" by A.W. PETERSON & SON / DENVER was Steampunk before its time! Has anyone ever seen this one before? http://jamesdjulia.com/item/1564-396/

When my dad constructed a custom sign box, he studiously avoided showing fasteners and such from showing, to give the skin/case a clean external line. Otherwise, he said, it would look like a porcupine. A.W. or his son didn't seem to have the same concerns. All this pistol needs now is an Evinrude outboard engine!

Eugen · 03-16-2017, 07:00 PM

Most interesting Dave. "Wild and crazy" is an accurate term. Additionally I don't often see pistols from "esteemed collections" of some expert very often. I don't move in those circles.

Thanks for sharing pics of that unique gun.

DonVoigt · 03-16-2017, 08:03 PM

I don't know what "steampunk" is or was or why?
Maybe I'm better off not knowing- save me from my curiosity!

Leather Neck · 03-16-2017, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DonVoigt

I don't know what "steampunk" is or was or why?
Maybe I'm better off not knowing- save me from my curiosity!

Here you go:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

It's basically a genre in which older (typically 19th century), real life items are mixed with futuristic technology. The movie Wild Wild West, starring Will Smith, is a good example.

ithacaartist · 03-18-2017, 12:00 PM

Styling aside, this makes me wonder if an outboard rear sight assembly that can be clamped onto the lanyard loop, remains stable during shooting, and allows clearance for the rear toggle link to move, might be concocted.

Edward Tinker · 03-18-2017, 04:00 PM

I like it.

Steampunk, oh Don.... you poor dinosaur

DonVoigt · 03-18-2017, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Leather Neck

Here you go:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

It's basically a genre in which older (typically 19th century), real life items are mixed with futuristic technology. The movie Wild Wild West, starring Will Smith, is a good example.

Thanks , I watched the first "Wild, Wild West" on tv back in the day; I just couldn't get interested in remake.

So "steam punk" is the house I grew up in or maybe the one I live in today? I usually can't get my "futuristic" technology to work.

Actually I think I have it, the original Nautilus of Jules Vern- the ultimate steampunk? Rivets and nuclear energy?

ithacaartist · 03-19-2017, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Thanks , I watched the first "Wild, Wild West" on tv back in the day

Bob Conrad, the original West, was married to Caroline Schlitt, who gave one of those celebrity tours of their (Colorado?) house. In the wall separating the shower area from the rest of the bathroom were installed 3 brass-framed portholes, stacked vertically. Seems ol' Bob himself had a taste for Steampunk...before it was Steampunk.

sheepherder · 03-19-2017, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Leather Neck

The movie Wild Wild West, starring Will Smith, is a good example.

I would say 'The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen' was more steampunk. The movie itself sucked but I liked the technology.

Two other movies with steampunk that I did like were the Robert Downey Jr 'Sherlock Holmes' movies. I forget the name of the last one (A Game Of Shadows?), but it was a precursor to WW I and was about arms dealers...

Another worthless movie with a bunch of interesting ideas was 'Sky Captain And The World of Tomorrow', with things like submarine-P40-Warhawks, flying aircraft carriers, and more that I can't recall now...

cirelaw · 03-19-2017, 08:58 AM

Steampunk Art~ http://art.steampunk-pics.com/

sheepherder · 03-19-2017, 07:35 PM

This .22 conversion actually has some interesting and novel features...the vertically adjustable front sight, the external hammer, the tilting barrel...

Just getting the hammer to work with the Luger seartrain is a major accomplishment...

I like it.

DonVoigt · 03-19-2017, 07:48 PM

Thanks for the pictures Eric, but it just looks like cartoon junk to me!

John Sabato · 03-20-2017, 11:21 AM

Does the name Rube Goldberg ring a familiar note here?

Ingenius! But I DON'T like it. An irreversible Butcher of a Luger frame!

sheepherder · 03-20-2017, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by John Sabato

Does the name Rube Goldberg ring a familiar note here?

I always liked his 'inventions'.

I liked the Spike Jones movies too, with his wacky musical permutations...

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Ingenius! But I DON'T like it. An irreversible Butcher of a Luger frame!

Oh? Tell me, what did John Martz do with the leftover Luger half-frames, when he made one out of two??? Or the Wyatt .45 single shot conversions, with the hogged-out magazine well blocked off and disabled???

This is no worse than many of the 1911 'customs' that are currently offered.

All the same to me. They all have made something different...Not necessarily better, and no conservation of resources either, but individual expression.

I bet A.W. PETERSON & SON could whip up a Type 94 Nambu 'artillery'...

cirelaw · 03-20-2017, 12:07 PM

To get us back on luger track~ https://www.pinterest.com/VanDiemensLand/luger-p08/

cirelaw · 03-20-2017, 12:26 PM

The Origin Of The Man From Uncle Guns~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Hu5-CEISI

cirelaw · 03-20-2017, 12:35 PM

My First Gun, 1964~~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPhZsauluXM Imagine bringing this to show and tell today!

Chickenthief · 03-20-2017, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

So many questions, so few answers!! To get us back on track~ https://www.pinterest.com/VanDiemensLand/luger-p08/

Pinterest sucks big time if you (as me) dont have an account

cirelaw · 03-20-2017, 02:52 PM

I have been useing Pinterest for years and never had or knew I needed an account. Maybe to post your own page!! Maybe its different in Denmark? Eric

cirelaw · 03-20-2017, 03:22 PM

For Example~ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/289145238547133925/

03-16-2017, 05:23 PM	#1
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,290 Thanks: 7,055 Thanked 2,482 Times in 1,323 Posts	Wut? Single shot .22 conversion of Luger? For anyone who has heard the term, this "remodeling" by A.W. PETERSON & SON / DENVER was Steampunk before its time! Has anyone ever seen this one before? http://jamesdjulia.com/item/1564-396/ When my dad constructed a custom sign box, he studiously avoided showing fasteners and such from showing, to give the skin/case a clean external line. Otherwise, he said, it would look like a porcupine. A.W. or his son didn't seem to have the same concerns. All this pistol needs now is an Evinrude outboard engine! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

03-16-2017, 07:00 PM	#2
Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 768 Thanks: 372 Thanked 603 Times in 320 Posts	Most interesting Dave. "Wild and crazy" is an accurate term. Additionally I don't often see pistols from "esteemed collections" of some expert very often. I don't move in those circles. Thanks for sharing pics of that unique gun. __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

03-16-2017, 08:03 PM	#3
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,678 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts	I don't know what "steampunk" is or was or why? Maybe I'm better off not knowing- save me from my curiosity! __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

03-18-2017, 12:00 PM	#5
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,290 Thanks: 7,055 Thanked 2,482 Times in 1,323 Posts	Styling aside, this makes me wonder if an outboard rear sight assembly that can be clamped onto the lanyard loop, remains stable during shooting, and allows clearance for the rear toggle link to move, might be concocted. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

03-19-2017, 08:58 AM	#10
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	Steampunk Art~ http://art.steampunk-pics.com/ Attached Thumbnails

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,916 Thanks: 1,992 Thanked 4,507 Times in 2,081 Posts	I like it. Steampunk, oh Don.... you poor dinosaur

03-19-2017, 07:35 PM	#11
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,182 Thanks: 1,398 Thanked 4,440 Times in 2,328 Posts	This .22 conversion actually has some interesting and novel features...the vertically adjustable front sight, the external hammer, the tilting barrel... Just getting the hammer to work with the Luger seartrain is a major accomplishment... I like it. __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

03-19-2017, 07:48 PM	#12
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,678 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts	Thanks for the pictures Eric, but it just looks like cartoon junk to me! __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

03-20-2017, 11:21 AM	#13
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,152 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Does the name Rube Goldberg ring a familiar note here? Ingenius! But I DON'T like it. An irreversible Butcher of a Luger frame! __________________ 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..."*

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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	To get us back on luger track~ https://www.pinterest.com/VanDiemensLand/luger-p08/ Attached Thumbnails

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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	The Origin Of The Man From Uncle Guns~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Hu5-CEISI Attached Thumbnails

03-20-2017, 12:35 PM	#17
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	My First Gun, 1964~~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPhZsauluXM Imagine bringing this to show and tell today! Attached Thumbnails

03-20-2017, 02:52 PM	#19
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 been useing Pinterest for years and never had or knew I needed an account. Maybe to post your own page!! Maybe its different in Denmark? Eric

03-20-2017, 03:22 PM	#20
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	For Example~ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/289145238547133925/ Attached Thumbnails