If you've ever detail stripped a Luger...if you enjoy machining it's a real eye opener what they accomplished with manually operated machinery a century ago. Just awesome how thin the frame is without all the pieces that make the gun. New springs are a must for any Luger shooter just so it'll operate properly.
Yeah. German mass production between 1895 and 1939 were pretty modern for the time. John Browning made his 1910 model with a concealed hammer by hand. You can see it in the museum in Provo, Utah with all the tool marks. For all intents and purposes, it's a 1911 and makes this toggle system seem like the antiquated and over complicated piece it is.
@@rabidrusty You are confusing 'operated' with 'powered'. Of course they were powered by steam or electricity and nobody said they were hacked out by hand. We have CNC today doing most of the production work where they had to operate the mills, lathes and broaches by hand before computers took over that job. This requires skilled machinists and was largely responsible for the high cost of the Luger and why several attempts at making new ones have failed....too costly to make.
The Germans really knew how to make weird yet very cool looking guns back then. Aesthetically, I think the german WW2 guns are the coolest looking out there. Weapons like the kar98k, luger, mp40, stg44, mg42, etc. All very cool guns.
@@Captain_Planetsyou’re smiling crack lol the aesthetics along with the reliability of Germany’s weaponry isn’t even close They’re even the first to invent the modern “assault rifle” Before AK’s & M16’s were even a thought
Back in 1907 a .45 cal version nearly became the US service pistol. The fact that your 9mm version still locked up on an empty magazine shows it's in pretty good shape after all these years. 👍
A friend had a SS Officer's Luger, with matching numbers, SS markings, including holster with SS markings. It looked like a almost new pistol. That her father brought back from the war. She had no idea what she was in possession of. She could not believe the value of what she had. She said she would be sure to secure it better than what she had been. Great video!!
I own a Luger P08 pistol built in Bavaria 1941 (byf 41) with a very rusty barrel because many soldiers didn‘t clean it after their final combat mission. I often thought about changing the barrel but I did not do that. The pistol still shoots perfect with the rusty marks inside…
byf is not for bavaria like jonathan said ;) But other then that yeah it is a extremly cool gun and as long as the crown is good the gun will shoot fine.
As a teenager back in the early sixties we had a neighbor who had fought in WW1. He had a mint DWM Luger he brought back and in talking with him about the pistol he said what he appreciated about it the most was the grip angle because at night it shot to where you pointed it. It was a naturally accurate gun that way when used in night combat. Some years later this was verified by a WW2 vet I worked with who told me that he had shot a wildcat one night with a Luger while camping out west. The cat had gotten close to his tent and was growling. Shooting at the sounds of the cat put an immeadate end to whatever the cat had in mind!
My buddy’s father brought a P38 home from the war, he was a tank commander in the Battle of the Bulge. It was a great shooting pistol. Wonder what ever happened to that gun. I, too, like WW2 firearms so any others you get hold of for review will be appreciated. Another fun video.
I bought a nice BYF 41 one matching magazine original Holster and loading tool. 32 years ago. It was just under 1000 thousand dollars. I shoot Fiocchi 115 rated at 1200 fps. Since I got it. Works great. I did replace the springs. Did not change action spring. I collected a lot of WW2 guns in my 20’s and 30’s.
Since I don't have a gun permit, but love guns, I bought the next best thing: the BB CO2 airgun replica made by Umarex of the P08. Complete with working blowback (recoil) and working slide, with slide lock on last BB. I believe it is very close to the real P08 in size and lots of fun to shoot as a backyard plinker. Thanks for showing the real deal here!
Lugers are excellent pistols. That steep grip angle gives them a natural printability; I have seen an NRA video of a person being blindfolded and still shooting accurately at close range. Each trigger assembly was hand fitted; parts usually won't swap. The extractor rides high on a loaded cylinder so you can feel it in the dark. The P-38 is a better "soldier's pistol," but nothing beats a Luger for class. Simpson's Lugers is a good place to shop. I am a P-38 junkie, but my 2 Lugers are precious. And my Broomhandle... --Old Guy
Had the chance to shoot one of these once, and it also had the German markings on it. Even though extremely old, to this day it was one of the nicest and smoothest shooting pistols Ive ever shot. It was also extremely accurate.
FYI late 1942 was the end of po8 production, not 1952. 1952 was the last year they made p-38 which was given an alloy frame and known post war as the p1
The P08 trigger reset problem is well known, as over the years the reset spring tends to weaken. It is easy to overcome by either replacing or re-tempering the original spring.
Which spring would that be; the trigger spring, the sear spring or the disconnector spring? All three are involved as well as the L-arm in the side plate. I've owned many Luger and have never had to replace any of the three springs I mentioned. The most commonly replaced springs are the firing pin spring, the recoil spring and the extractor spring. The problem the shooter in the video experienced with reset was not the gun's fault but his for not releasing the trigger far enough.
Actually the grip angle was because the barrel was fixed and couldn't feed reliability with a lesser angle. The short stroke of the toggle action also couldn't rely on inertia to strip and feed rounds. Pretty , expensive to manufacture and relatively unreliable when filthy ( battle conditions)
It was Said that Georg LUGER adopted the LUGER pistol's grip angle from the pointing finger's natural 👉 form..53°. Thus.. shooting a LUGER One hand was just like pointing to your Target 🎯 instinctively 😊👍
Yep. Got one. It's a 1914 DWM Commercial model made in Germany. It has a 6" barrel, and, I believe, what they considered a target front sight. It looks like their regular blade sight with a straw-colored bead on top. It's all original with a period-correct magazine. The pistol has all numbers matching and is in excellent condition. The mag has a wooden bottom, which is cracked. I've only shot it once and then only with two new magazines. I probably shot 124g Sellier & Bellot 9mm. I did a thorough cleaning and lubing with my go-to FrogLube paste. It was very dirty inside when I got it, like someone found it in a field. It's still very accurate. I don't have a holster for it, but it's got a nice padded, zippered case now where it sits in my safe. I read recently that models marked Germany were built there and intended for sale outside Germany. Even though it's a Commercial model, many of those were actually used in WWI by German soldiers due to lack of resources. I'd always wanted a P-08 but never dreamed I'd ever own one. I was at a gun show at the right place and time and had enough cash to make a deal.
I have a 22lr Luger, it was built in the 70s and bought at a hardware store by my grandfather. It's a cool little gun, obviously not as cool as an original 9mm but still a gun that will never leave my family.
I have a Luger, bought two months ago, it’s a so call “first issue” Luger, one of the 254 surviving Lugers first produced for the imperial German army from 1908-1910. The serial number place it sometime in February 1909, it’s the 3592 Luger produced for the German, out of the first 25,000…Safe to say, it’s a collector item. P.S. the odd grip angle, greater than a Glock, is designed for one handed shooting. Obviously, two handed weaver grip hasn’t been invented yet back then!
@ yes. The so called first issue Lugers stopped production sometime in 1910, when the WW I Lugers began. These has the year of production on the receiver, first issue didn’t. First issue also did not have the attachment mount for the holster/stock, which I think WW I version started to have. Also, the markings and placement are also different. These reasons are why first issue Lugers are such a collector item.
Brilliant video! One of the best P08 vids I've seen. Your enthusiasm is really infectious. You put it across with the same happy enthusiasm as UA-cam's living legends: Hickock45 and IraqVeteran88. Keep it up, really glad I subscribed today. Enthusuist and historic collector, Rob, UK.
I respect the fact you show respect to WW2 Germans. I was born in Germany (on an American Base). I'm not German but I feel a connection being born there.
My grandfather on my mother's side served in the German army on the Russian front in WW2. Don't think he carried a Luger, but he was in charge of an MG-42 Crew. I was waiting to see the single shot on a ballistic dummy head from point blank range.
I got to shoot a friend's World War I issued Luger some years back. The grip felt completely natural to me. It fit me well. I shot it one handed, as is proper. I almost grabbed an artillery Luger years back, wish I had. For now, I have to settle with my Umarex Legends Luger blowback CO2 BB gun.
I have a 1918 P08 Luger. Generally the date of manufacture will be on the barrel as long as the barrel and frame have matching numbers. Also, I believe German qualification standards at the time dictated a qualification distance of 75 meters with standard sites.
I got some really small 25 caliber center fire pistol for my grandpa who was in world war ii. With the paperwork stating he was allowed to take it home.
Try shooting a 1917 WW I Artillery Luger with the stock and Mauser Broom Handle. Those are exotic. My dad brought home several Lugers, P-38s, Nazi High Power, and a Spanish Astra. Never fired them, too worried about braking them.
*Uses the "one handed german" grip* "It does feel good, not gonna lie" *erika starts to play* All jokes aside, ww2 guns are super interesting, they could tell you so many stories if they were able to speak
NICE VIDEO, very dear to my HEART!!! The P08 Luger is the EPITOME OF MECHANICAL ART!!! There is NO PISTOL that can compare to it for AESTHETICS on an ORIGINAL early model in PRISTINE CONDITION (pre-1937) because after that they no longer STRAW COLORED a few of the small parts which ADDED to the BEAUTY of the pistol having those contrasting parts with the beautiful rust blued finish!!! I have an INTERESTING story for you! First off, I'm the PROUD SON of a WW2 VETERAN (8/41-8/45, "the whole nine yards)!!! He was in the Atlantic Theater as a VHF CREW CHIEF in the Army Air Corps (9 campaigns) that communicated with the aircraft with only 5 WATTS of transmitting power, which is a JOKE by today's standards so my brothers and I heard LOTS OF INTERESTING STORIES from him over the years before he passed away in March of 2001!!😮😢😢 I'm telling you THIS because our DAD got a "LUGER" for my older brother when he was 16 back in 1964 when you could pick one up for about $100! Michael was 4 years older than me, so I was 12 at the time I got to shoot a LUGER!!! DON'T ASK ME whether it was WW1 or WW2, IT WAS A GERMAN LUGER, but most likely, it was WW2! I FELL IN LOVE and couldn't wait till I could get at least one of my own, which took quite a few years for me to have the money to get one or so!! It wasn't until about 1990 that I got my FIRST ONE a WW1 bring back 1915 DWM that was MATCHING except the magazine. It was in GOOD CONDITION for a pistol that old, good bore but had a bit of pitting on one side from improperly stored or got BLOOD on it and was cleaned up properly soon after that happened. A few years later, I got a Russian capture when they first started coming in after the fall of the IRON CURTIN. It was in pretty good condition, nice bore quite nice finish all matching numbers except grips and magazine. It was a 1940 S/42. Then, a few years after that, I bought an "ORIGINAL MAUSER" from the 1960s on original Swiss tooling Mauser bought from the Swiss!! UNFORTUNATELY in 2008, I got LAID OFF from my job and was having a HELL of a time finding another COMPARABLE JOB (I was Asst Supervisor of Camera Repair for PCA). PCA International had portrait studios in ALL THE WALMART STORES and a few in Mexico and Canada!!! I fixed "FILM CAMERAS" (went the way of the DODO birds)! I also worked on related equipment, did QC work, and talked to the field (portrait studies) that were having problems with their equipment, tried to fix them over the phone if possible (not easy) to prevent having to send (FLY) in equipment necessary to get them back up MAKING MONEY!!! It took me over 1.5 years to get even a part-time job, so unfortunately, I had to SELL most of my TOYS, and the LUGERS were the easiest and quickest ones to SELL!! I WAS HIGHLY UPSET, I went from 3 Lugers to ZERO!!!😮😮😢😢 SO after that, I was going to get at least one again. I saved up money for another one, and by THAT TIME, the price of them has increased so much going to as much as $1000!!! THAT was 3 times or more than what I paid for ANY of my other Lugers! I found one at the Greensboro show a couple of years before they closed it to any gunshows!!!! It was in pretty good condition but NOT MATCHING, but at least only 2 different serial numbers instead of almost NO MATCHING NUMBERS! It had a PRISTINE BORE, but it had an aftermarket magazine that DIDN'T WORK! There was NO PRICE on it, which kinda makes me SUSPICIOUS, so I ASKED HOW MUCH, HE SAID $550!!! I tried really hard to CONTAIN myself because I was REALLY INTERESTED in it but didn't want him to know, so I politely asked would you take $500, he said YES, so I got my money out SO FAST!!! Several people at that show saw MY LUGER NOW and offered me $700, and I said NO!!! IT DID HAVE A COUPLE PROBLEMS, needed a magazine (MEC-GAR makes GREAT MAGAZINES), and I had to replace the main spring and striker spring (got them from Midway USA), lucky ME. I replaced the springs (wasn't easy). It works like a CHAMP NOW, like a NEW PISTOL!!😮😅 Last weekend, I got a LUGER that I've been LUSTING for ALONG TIME, an ARTILLERY LUGER. It had been refinished, but whoever did it did a BEAUTIFUL JOB, LOOKS ALMOST LIKE NEW CONDITION with ALL THE STRAW COLORED PARTS which is SO COOL!!! It's dated 1917, and Erfurt armory and got period holster with it!!! I'm SO EXCITED (HAPPY DOG, HAPPY DOG)!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK PROMOTING THE 2ND AMENDMENT!!!😊😊😊
Very nice narrative 😊👍 ..a LUGER soul! I can commiserate with you..l was about 3-years old, just a few years after WW11, when I saw my first LUGER at a Local Gun store (outside of the USA🇺🇸). It was being sold for a $60..an equivalent of a month's white collar employee's wages! Fell madly in love with it immediately and asked my Dad to buy it...but he laughingly said it was not as simple as that😂. I literally made a scene and my Mom had to drag me out of the store by the ear 👂😅 The LUGER became my " HOLY GRAIL" and l was already 33-years of age age when I got my First LUGER..a 1918/1921 double dated " bring back" DWM LUGER issued to a WWI 7th INFANTRY REGIMENT of the German Army..as inscribed on the front grip . Am 75-now and the LUGER still brings back the same enthusiasm l had for me when I was aged 3. I have several pieces gathered throughout the years.. My priced piece is an almost 90% good condition 1914 ERFURT ARTILLERY Model with all matching parts numbers ( except the magazine with a wooden bottom piece) and a 1918" Baby" LUGER. LIFE is too short for not to shoot LUGERS so l do, every chance I can to go to the range 😊👉.. thank you 🙏
Great video! Yes, I own both a P08 Luger and P38. While I do like my Luger, I prefer my P38 much more. The P38 is a much better, solid gun. To my surprise, the disassembly of the Luger was not as complicated as I had originally envisioned.
When I was a soldier of the german armed forces, we often shoot the P38. Nobody liked that pistol because there were only a few people who were able to hit anything with it. We often said: if you want to hit better throw it.😂
@@ediolitper8354 Thanks for sharing your experience. I am just curious. You guys shot the P38 version of World War Two, or the post P-1? A lot of people incorrectly refer to the post war version as the "P38" when they really mean the post war P1.
@James-kd5oe Military guns are not designed to shoot hollow points because of international law. The use of explosive and expanding bullets was forbidden by the St Petersburg Declaration of 1868 and the Hague Declaration of 1899.
I've always admired he aesthetics of the Luger. Say, could you elaborate on the reasons why as a left-handed long gun shooter you generally shoot handguns right handed?
only started watching you cause i found you really cute and now you're reviewing my all time favorite handgun. Just bought a Ruger Mark 75th edition cause it reminds me of this awesome gun,
If my eyes do not deceive me, then your Walther P38 is the so-called “Grey Ghost”, one of the pistols produced by the French after the war from leftover parts.
Solely based on pictures and the training videos I have seen (so nothing concrete), I do not think people started using two hands on a pistol until the second half of the 20th century. Even the definition of handgun in the NFA "A weapon originally designed, made, and intended to fire a projectile (bullet) from one or more barrels when held in one hand..." references one hand.
It is still produced. Krieghoff was one of the original producers and you can still get one from them. Their quality is unmatched, but bring a fat wallet.
If you've ever detail stripped a Luger...if you enjoy machining it's a real eye opener what they accomplished with manually operated machinery a century ago. Just awesome how thin the frame is without all the pieces that make the gun. New springs are a must for any Luger shooter just so it'll operate properly.
Yes mine is 100%. I replaced my springs and extractor then it was fixed.
Lol! The lathe and milling machines where very much powered in both world wars
Yeah. German mass production between 1895 and 1939 were pretty modern for the time. John Browning made his 1910 model with a concealed hammer by hand. You can see it in the museum in Provo, Utah with all the tool marks. For all intents and purposes, it's a 1911 and makes this toggle system seem like the antiquated and over complicated piece it is.
I have a 1916 luger. Shoots like a dream.
@@rabidrusty You are confusing 'operated' with 'powered'. Of course they were powered by steam or electricity and nobody said they were hacked out by hand.
We have CNC today doing most of the production work where they had to operate the mills, lathes and broaches by hand before computers took over that job. This requires skilled machinists and was largely responsible for the high cost of the Luger and why several attempts at making new ones have failed....too costly to make.
The Germans really knew how to make weird yet very cool looking guns back then.
Aesthetically, I think the german WW2 guns are the coolest looking out there. Weapons like the kar98k, luger, mp40, stg44, mg42, etc. All very cool guns.
@Captain_Planets Each to their own. WW2 guns in general are cool but I have always liked the aesthetics of German weapons the most.
@@Captain_Planetsyou’re smiling crack lol the aesthetics along with the reliability of Germany’s weaponry isn’t even close
They’re even the first to invent the modern “assault rifle” Before AK’s & M16’s were even a thought
Back in 1907 a .45 cal version nearly became the US service pistol. The fact that your 9mm version still locked up on an empty magazine shows it's in pretty good shape after all these years. 👍
A friend had a SS Officer's Luger, with matching numbers, SS markings, including holster with SS markings. It looked like a almost new pistol. That her father brought back from the war. She had no idea what she was in possession of. She could not believe the value of what she had. She said she would be sure to secure it better than what she had been. Great video!!
Higher the rank, smaller the pistol❤
Sounds like it was faked. If so that’s a bad thing.
@@scotttwombly6528 You can believe that if you want, we found one on the computer just like it on Gun Broker.
Fake, doesnt exist
The Luger is a timeless classic
I love the steep grip angle for it allows for a straight wrist position without needing to put your wrist in an unnatural angle postion.
I own a Luger P08 pistol built in Bavaria 1941 (byf 41) with a very rusty barrel because many soldiers didn‘t clean it after their final combat mission. I often thought about changing the barrel but I did not do that. The pistol still shoots perfect with the rusty marks inside…
Nice, but BYF is the wartime code for Mauser, which is in Oberndorff on the Neckar River in Wurtemburg, not Bavaria, but is just NW of Bavaria.
byf is not for bavaria like jonathan said ;) But other then that yeah it is a extremly cool gun and as long as the crown is good the gun will shoot fine.
As a teenager back in the early sixties we had a neighbor who had fought in WW1. He had a mint DWM Luger he brought back and in talking with him about the pistol he said what he appreciated about it the most was the grip angle because at night it shot to where you pointed it. It was a naturally accurate gun that way when used in night combat.
Some years later this was verified by a WW2 vet I worked with who told me that he had shot a wildcat one night with a Luger while camping out west. The cat had gotten close to his tent and was growling. Shooting at the sounds of the cat put an immeadate end to whatever the cat had in mind!
My buddy’s father brought a P38 home from the war, he was a tank commander in the Battle of the Bulge. It was a great shooting pistol. Wonder what ever happened to that gun. I, too, like WW2 firearms so any others you get hold of for review will be appreciated. Another fun video.
It transformed into megatron and took off into space.
This was my grandfather's favorite sidearm while he was in Germany 😂
MINE TOO...LOL...WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME??
What was his favorite sidepiece?
I bought a nice BYF 41 one matching magazine original Holster and loading tool. 32 years ago. It was just under 1000 thousand dollars. I shoot Fiocchi 115 rated at 1200 fps. Since I got it. Works great. I did replace the springs. Did not change action spring. I collected a lot of WW2 guns in my 20’s and 30’s.
Thanks to your buddy whom lent you the Luger
Since I don't have a gun permit, but love guns, I bought the next best thing: the BB CO2 airgun replica made by Umarex of the P08. Complete with working blowback (recoil) and working slide, with slide lock on last BB. I believe it is very close to the real P08 in size and lots of fun to shoot as a backyard plinker.
Thanks for showing the real deal here!
If I remember right
The WW2 9mm ammo was a bit hotter than normal ball ammo made today
the only pistol to pass the mud test
That is one of the most Iconic handguns of WWII! Loved your report.
Lugers are excellent pistols. That steep grip angle gives them a natural printability; I have seen an NRA video of a person being blindfolded and still shooting accurately at close range. Each trigger assembly was hand fitted; parts usually won't swap. The extractor rides high on a loaded cylinder so you can feel it in the dark. The P-38 is a better "soldier's pistol," but nothing beats a Luger for class. Simpson's Lugers is a good place to shop. I am a P-38 junkie, but my 2 Lugers are precious. And my Broomhandle... --Old Guy
Had the chance to shoot one of these once, and it also had the German markings on it. Even though extremely old, to this day it was one of the nicest and smoothest shooting pistols Ive ever shot. It was also extremely accurate.
Love the grip angle. Feels like no other.
FYI late 1942 was the end of po8 production, not 1952. 1952 was the last year they made p-38 which was given an alloy frame and known post war as the p1
The P08 trigger reset problem is well known, as over the years the reset spring tends to weaken. It is easy to overcome by either replacing or re-tempering the original spring.
Which spring would that be; the trigger spring, the sear spring or the disconnector spring? All three are involved as well as the L-arm in the side plate. I've owned many Luger and have never had to replace any of the three springs I mentioned. The most commonly replaced springs are the firing pin spring, the recoil spring and the extractor spring. The problem the shooter in the video experienced with reset was not the gun's fault but his for not releasing the trigger far enough.
The grip angle is so steep because pistol shooting was considered to be a one handed thing
Actually the grip angle was because the barrel was fixed and couldn't feed reliability with a lesser angle. The short stroke of the toggle action also couldn't rely on inertia to strip and feed rounds. Pretty , expensive to manufacture and relatively unreliable when filthy ( battle conditions)
It was Said that Georg LUGER adopted the LUGER pistol's grip angle from the pointing finger's natural 👉 form..53°.
Thus.. shooting a LUGER One hand was just like pointing to your Target 🎯 instinctively 😊👍
Excellent video love your content 👏 . Love the German Luger.
Yep. Got one. It's a 1914 DWM Commercial model made in Germany. It has a 6" barrel, and, I believe, what they considered a target front sight. It looks like their regular blade sight with a straw-colored bead on top. It's all original with a period-correct magazine. The pistol has all numbers matching and is in excellent condition. The mag has a wooden bottom, which is cracked. I've only shot it once and then only with two new magazines. I probably shot 124g Sellier & Bellot 9mm. I did a thorough cleaning and lubing with my go-to FrogLube paste. It was very dirty inside when I got it, like someone found it in a field. It's still very accurate. I don't have a holster for it, but it's got a nice padded, zippered case now where it sits in my safe.
I read recently that models marked Germany were built there and intended for sale outside Germany. Even though it's a Commercial model, many of those were actually used in WWI by German soldiers due to lack of resources.
I'd always wanted a P-08 but never dreamed I'd ever own one. I was at a gun show at the right place and time and had enough cash to make a deal.
I have a 22lr Luger, it was built in the 70s and bought at a hardware store by my grandfather. It's a cool little gun, obviously not as cool as an original 9mm but still a gun that will never leave my family.
I have a Luger, bought two months ago, it’s a so call “first issue” Luger, one of the 254 surviving Lugers first produced for the imperial German army from 1908-1910. The serial number place it sometime in February 1909, it’s the 3592 Luger produced for the German, out of the first 25,000…Safe to say, it’s a collector item.
P.S. the odd grip angle, greater than a Glock, is designed for one handed shooting. Obviously, two handed weaver grip hasn’t been invented yet back then!
@ yes. The so called first issue Lugers stopped production sometime in 1910, when the WW I Lugers began. These has the year of production on the receiver, first issue didn’t. First issue also did not have the attachment mount for the holster/stock, which I think WW I version started to have. Also, the markings and placement are also different. These reasons are why first issue Lugers are such a collector item.
Loved the in depth overview of how the action works. As always, your videos are awesome 👏
Looks like a Mauser byf 41 P.08 from of course 1941. I have a couple lugers, a byf 41 n a byf 42.
It looks like its very comfy to shoot and the ergos makes the recoil easy to manage
They were made with steep grip angles to help straighten shots and align the overall gun.
Brilliant video! One of the best P08 vids I've seen. Your enthusiasm is really infectious. You put it across with the same happy enthusiasm as UA-cam's living legends: Hickock45 and IraqVeteran88. Keep it up, really glad I subscribed today. Enthusuist and historic collector, Rob, UK.
I respect the fact you show respect to WW2 Germans. I was born in Germany (on an American Base). I'm not German but I feel a connection being born there.
That grip angle always reminded me of Ruger's Mark .22 rimfires. I read that the Ruger was designed after the Japanese Nambu.
Bill Ruger designed his .22 on the P08 Luger except he couldn't match the grip angle exact because of the rim of .22 ammo so it's a few degrees off.
My grandfather on my mother's side served in the German army on the Russian front in WW2. Don't think he carried a Luger, but he was in charge of an MG-42 Crew.
I was waiting to see the single shot on a ballistic dummy head from point blank range.
I know of a 1906 American eagle po8 Luger matching number in my family.
An excellent piece of history. Thank you, and please be sure to thank your friend, for sharing it with us.
A truly classic design.
I got lucky and had a P06 luger wind up landing in my lap last year. New mag, extractor and extractor spring has it up and running again.
Really Cool, First Time I Have Seen A P.08 Shot
Wolff gun springs are the bees knees(WW2 vernacular for ya) cured my M1 carbine issues. Great company.
I got to shoot a friend's World War I issued Luger some years back. The grip felt completely natural to me. It fit me well. I shot it one handed, as is proper.
I almost grabbed an artillery Luger years back, wish I had.
For now, I have to settle with my Umarex Legends Luger blowback CO2 BB gun.
Notice how the vertical toggle movement brings the muzzle back down on target after recoil.
The grip angle is unique. Back then - it was practiced and used with one hand unlike today
I have a 1918 P08 Luger. Generally the date of manufacture will be on the barrel as long as the barrel and frame have matching numbers. Also, I believe German qualification standards at the time dictated a qualification distance of 75 meters with standard sites.
The date isn't on the barrel but on the receiver over the chamber.
Now you need to get your hands on a broomstick Mauser, have heard they are super cool to shoot, both as a pistol and with the holster attached.
the picture of Aldo from Inglorious Basterds w the impersonation made me laugh a lil too hard 😭, great vid as always 👍🏽
Classic. That mechanism is so weird, but it works. And it shows, when your mag is empty.
I got some really small 25 caliber center fire pistol for my grandpa who was in world war ii. With the paperwork stating he was allowed to take it home.
luger are a review on boechardt pistol and a review into 7,63 mauser pistol neckup to 9mm
Another great video thank you for sharing
Man I love those pistols. Almost bought one a couple years ago, but the price tag scared me away a little bit..
Try shooting a 1917 WW I Artillery Luger with the stock and Mauser Broom Handle. Those are exotic. My dad brought home several Lugers, P-38s, Nazi High Power, and a Spanish Astra. Never fired them, too worried about braking them.
wish there was a modern take on this. like the Ruger mkii but those only come in 22 😔
There is, but they ain't cheap. LugerMan is the only maker at present.
Really liked your video on the p08 i wish I could shoot one.all i have is a p1 and also very nice to shoot.where can i get new recoil springs?
Sweet, Mitchell Arms made real good quality repro's years back, I'm unsure if there still made😮
Not any more, they were stainless and looked good. The guy that ran Mitchell arms ran into financial problems.
That is one beautiful firearm!
I wonder if Kris Vector was like, “hmm let me take that toggle and flip it upside down and put it into a sub gun.”
It’s similar in a way..
I have a copy, made by Stoeger. All stainless steel. Such a fun to shoot pistol.
*Uses the "one handed german" grip*
"It does feel good, not gonna lie"
*erika starts to play*
All jokes aside, ww2 guns are super interesting, they could tell you so many stories if they were able to speak
In those days everyone was taught the one handed shooting style.
NICE VIDEO, very dear to my HEART!!! The P08 Luger is the EPITOME OF MECHANICAL ART!!! There is NO PISTOL that can compare to it for AESTHETICS on an ORIGINAL early model in PRISTINE CONDITION (pre-1937) because after that they no longer STRAW COLORED a few of the small parts which ADDED to the BEAUTY of the pistol having those contrasting parts with the beautiful rust blued finish!!! I have an INTERESTING story for you! First off, I'm the PROUD SON of a WW2 VETERAN (8/41-8/45, "the whole nine yards)!!! He was in the Atlantic Theater as a VHF CREW CHIEF in the Army Air Corps (9 campaigns) that communicated with the aircraft with only 5 WATTS of transmitting power, which is a JOKE by today's standards so my brothers and I heard LOTS OF INTERESTING STORIES from him over the years before he passed away in March of 2001!!😮😢😢 I'm telling you THIS because our DAD got a "LUGER" for my older brother when he was 16 back in 1964 when you could pick one up for about $100! Michael was 4 years older than me, so I was 12 at the time I got to shoot a LUGER!!! DON'T ASK ME whether it was WW1 or WW2, IT WAS A GERMAN LUGER, but most likely, it was WW2! I FELL IN LOVE and couldn't wait till I could get at least one of my own, which took quite a few years for me to have the money to get one or so!! It wasn't until about 1990 that I got my FIRST ONE a WW1 bring back 1915 DWM that was MATCHING except the magazine. It was in GOOD CONDITION for a pistol that old, good bore but had a bit of pitting on one side from improperly stored or got BLOOD on it and was cleaned up properly soon after that happened. A few years later, I got a Russian capture when they first started coming in after the fall of the IRON CURTIN. It was in pretty good condition, nice bore quite nice finish all matching numbers except grips and magazine. It was a 1940 S/42. Then, a few years after that, I bought an "ORIGINAL MAUSER" from the 1960s on original Swiss tooling Mauser bought from the Swiss!! UNFORTUNATELY in 2008, I got LAID OFF from my job and was having a HELL of a time finding another COMPARABLE JOB (I was Asst Supervisor of Camera Repair for PCA). PCA International had portrait studios in ALL THE WALMART STORES and a few in Mexico and Canada!!! I fixed "FILM CAMERAS" (went the way of the DODO birds)! I also worked on related equipment, did QC work, and talked to the field (portrait studies) that were having problems with their equipment, tried to fix them over the phone if possible (not easy) to prevent having to send (FLY) in equipment necessary to get them back up MAKING MONEY!!! It took me over 1.5 years to get even a part-time job, so unfortunately, I had to SELL most of my TOYS, and the LUGERS were the easiest and quickest ones to SELL!! I WAS HIGHLY UPSET, I went from 3 Lugers to ZERO!!!😮😮😢😢 SO after that, I was going to get at least one again. I saved up money for another one, and by THAT TIME, the price of them has increased so much going to as much as $1000!!! THAT was 3 times or more than what I paid for ANY of my other Lugers! I found one at the Greensboro show a couple of years before they closed it to any gunshows!!!! It was in pretty good condition but NOT MATCHING, but at least only 2 different serial numbers instead of almost NO MATCHING NUMBERS! It had a PRISTINE BORE, but it had an aftermarket magazine that DIDN'T WORK! There was NO PRICE on it, which kinda makes me SUSPICIOUS, so I ASKED HOW MUCH, HE SAID $550!!! I tried really hard to CONTAIN myself because I was REALLY INTERESTED in it but didn't want him to know, so I politely asked would you take $500, he said YES, so I got my money out SO FAST!!! Several people at that show saw MY LUGER NOW and offered me $700, and I said NO!!! IT DID HAVE A COUPLE PROBLEMS, needed a magazine (MEC-GAR makes GREAT MAGAZINES), and I had to replace the main spring and striker spring (got them from Midway USA), lucky ME. I replaced the springs (wasn't easy). It works like a CHAMP NOW, like a NEW PISTOL!!😮😅 Last weekend, I got a LUGER that I've been LUSTING for ALONG TIME, an ARTILLERY LUGER. It had been refinished, but whoever did it did a BEAUTIFUL JOB, LOOKS ALMOST LIKE NEW CONDITION with ALL THE STRAW COLORED PARTS which is SO COOL!!! It's dated 1917, and Erfurt armory and got period holster with it!!! I'm SO EXCITED (HAPPY DOG, HAPPY DOG)!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK PROMOTING THE 2ND AMENDMENT!!!😊😊😊
Very nice narrative 😊👍
..a LUGER soul!
I can commiserate with you..l was about 3-years old, just
a few years after WW11, when I saw my first LUGER at a Local Gun store (outside of the USA🇺🇸).
It was being sold for a $60..an equivalent of a month's white collar employee's wages!
Fell madly in love with it immediately and
asked my Dad to buy it...but he laughingly said it was not as simple as that😂.
I literally made a scene and my Mom had to drag me out of the store by the ear 👂😅
The LUGER became my " HOLY GRAIL" and l was already 33-years of age age when I got my First LUGER..a 1918/1921 double dated " bring back" DWM LUGER issued to a WWI 7th INFANTRY REGIMENT of the German Army..as inscribed on the front grip .
Am 75-now and the LUGER still brings back the same enthusiasm l had for me when I was aged 3.
I have several pieces gathered throughout the years..
My priced piece is an almost 90% good condition 1914 ERFURT ARTILLERY Model with all matching parts numbers ( except the magazine with a wooden bottom piece) and a
1918" Baby" LUGER.
LIFE is too short for not to shoot LUGERS so l do, every chance I can to go to the range 😊👉.. thank you 🙏
Grip angle looks the same as the popular Ruger Mk 1to4 series 22 pistols
LOL you was at scotts (Kentucky ballistics) filming i seen one of his tables .... and his tie wall is a dead giveaway to :)
Great video! Yes, I own both a P08 Luger and P38. While I do like my Luger, I prefer my P38 much more. The P38 is a much better, solid gun. To my surprise, the disassembly of the Luger was not as complicated as I had originally envisioned.
When I was a soldier of the german armed forces, we often shoot the P38. Nobody liked that pistol because there were only a few people who were able to hit anything with it. We often said: if you want to hit better throw it.😂
@@ediolitper8354 Thanks for sharing your experience. I am just curious. You guys shot the P38 version of World War Two, or the post P-1? A lot of people incorrectly refer to the post war version as the "P38" when they really mean the post war P1.
I favor and like the P38/P1 over the P08s. They just look more sleeker and refined as well as sharp. My Cold War P1 is my favorite in my collection.
Later P1 aluminum not steel. Use mild ammo only. +p etc can’t handle
I have a question,
Yes, and WW1. Germans used a drum magazine❤.tactical reload not so needed. Drum was used in smg Mp 18 too.
I have a 1920 p.08 for a gun of its age it still extremely accurate and functional. She does not handle hollow points very well. Just so you know.
@James-kd5oe Military guns are not designed to shoot hollow points because of international law. The use of explosive and expanding bullets was forbidden by the St Petersburg Declaration of 1868 and the Hague Declaration of 1899.
My 9mms have buffalo bore 147gr +p hardcast and seismic 185gr rounds in them im good to go...
One of the best made pistols of all time considering it’s introduction date
I've always admired he aesthetics of the Luger. Say, could you elaborate on the reasons why as a left-handed long gun shooter you generally shoot handguns right handed?
Great vid and an awesome gun 👍
Little info aside: the "bird"-marking on all german WW2 stuff called "Reichsadler"="Reichseagle" 😉
If you look at old U.S. Army training films where they were training G.I.s to shoot the 1911, they trained them to shoot one handed.
One of these days, I'll find and buy a 9mm luger. I have a swiss made luger. The manufacturer date stamped on the frame is 10/39.
Great vid! Dual wield WW2 pistols; what an American thing to do. Nice shootin at the 50!!
only started watching you cause i found you really cute and now you're reviewing my all time favorite handgun. Just bought a Ruger Mark 75th edition cause it reminds me of this awesome gun,
Seeing the P38 lock open when firing it one-handed, maybe it didn't lock open before because your gloves were riding the slide a little?
YOU...are having Too Much Fun.
love it.
I passed up an opportunity in the late 80s to buy one cheep. Woulda, shoulda,coulda
America didn't beat Germany in WWII, Russia did.
GREAT FUN VIDEO!!!!! THANK YOU!!!
I love Luger p08 and I love your channel 👍🥇🥇
Growing up my Dad had both of these guns which I got to shoot. I wish I had them today.
If my eyes do not deceive me, then your Walther P38 is the so-called “Grey Ghost”, one of the pistols produced by the French after the war from leftover parts.
Still looking for one myself, and a p38
Awesomeness in Action 🎉 thanks for the great content 👍🏻
Couple very cool guns
My grandpa brought one back from WW2, along with a US Army 1911. Collectors items.
What is your background? LEO? Military? Or just a gun guy? Love the content man keep it up!
Amazing video!!
The Luger PO8 is the only fire arm in the world that when it is taken apart and there is a round in the chamber that can fire and kill someone!
Cool video
Solely based on pictures and the training videos I have seen (so nothing concrete), I do not think people started using two hands on a pistol until the second half of the 20th century. Even the definition of handgun in the NFA "A weapon originally designed, made, and intended to fire a projectile (bullet) from one or more barrels when held in one hand..." references one hand.
Grandpa picked one from a tree like an apple if you know what I mean. All numbers match too and fires perfectly. No it’s not for sale.
You “need” a CMP 1911 to go with your P38….put them in a display case pointing at each other😅.
Great video!
The one handed you didn’t put your hand on your hip! 😂
When it comes to engineering you don’t want to be “unlike anything else”
Those are waffen amts they are proof and acceptance marks. Lugers prefer hi speed ammo. Regular US ball is sometimes iffy
Use slow. Modern is +P buy 1908 standard’s/ Army ,Navy 1904
Have you tried the Broom handle Mauser??
now i want to ask if u have Glock 17 and u shot a person which one will make much damage , the luger or glock ??
It is still produced. Krieghoff was one of the original producers and you can still get one from them. Their quality is unmatched, but bring a fat wallet.