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Rare Howard Hughes Hell’s Angels Luger Pistol to be Auctioned
Ammoland.com ^
| 24 June, 2011
| Pete R Suciu
Posted on 06/25/2011 9:47:17 AM PDT by marktwain
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Americans love guns.
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posted on
06/25/2011 9:47:24 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
Gotta have a pic.
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posted on
06/25/2011 9:53:31 AM PDT
by
jrushing
(Anti-American-ProTerrorist-Coward-Fascist-Communist-Socialist-Democratic Party)
To: marktwain
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To: jrushing
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posted on
06/25/2011 9:54:44 AM PDT
by
unkus
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posted on
06/25/2011 9:55:17 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Let this chant follow BHO everywhere he goes: "You lie. You lie. You lie.")
To: unkus
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posted on
06/25/2011 9:56:10 AM PDT
by
jrushing
(Anti-American-ProTerrorist-Coward-Fascist-Communist-Socialist-Democratic Party)
To: jrushing
I see it has the original rare wooden bottom magazine.Those are really hard to find.
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posted on
06/25/2011 9:59:41 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: marktwain
Everyone knows you can't get two magazines through one of these without it jamming.
Sad state for such a pretty pistol.
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posted on
06/25/2011 10:04:29 AM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: jrushing
What class machining. The aesthetics overwhelm....
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posted on
06/25/2011 10:04:36 AM PDT
by
onedoug
(If)
To: Mariner
Years ago when Erma came out with its 22 model I bought one. Same problem, jamming. I finally sold it. I must say, they are good looking guns though.
To: Mariner
Everyone knows you can't get two magazines through one of these without it jamming.
Sad state for such a pretty pistol.
The trick is to use proper European-spec ammo, which is a fairly hot load. Most American-made (or SAAMI-spec) 9mm Luger is loaded to lower pressure standards for safety reasons. (As I recall, it's because there's a Spanish cartridge of identical dimensions but loaded to lower pressure specs.) Sellier & Bellot works well in Lugers from what I've seen.
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posted on
06/25/2011 11:16:08 AM PDT
by
M1903A1
To: M1903A1
Exactly. European loads are light for caliber high velocity sub-machine gun rounds that can also be applied to pistols.
Most Americans have the peculiar notion that a pistol should hit that at which you aim, penetrate to it’s vitals, and stop what ever nonsense gave you cause to shoot, and then let you get ready for what happens next. That leads to heavier bullets launched at lower speeds.
Good work can be done by both concepts. Napoleon, recognizing that more men are scared off than killed off said “The Morale is the the Materiel as three is to one.”
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posted on
06/25/2011 11:29:53 AM PDT
by
donmeaker
("Get off my lawn..." Clint Eastwood, Green Ford Torino)
To: marktwain
"...put on something a little more comfortable..."
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posted on
06/25/2011 11:34:08 AM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
To: marktwain
I always thought that the Luger was a beautiful gun. Not the best mechanically maybe, but beautiful to look at.
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posted on
06/25/2011 11:41:45 AM PDT
by
11Bush
To: SERKIT
But she looks... “tired” ;-)
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posted on
06/25/2011 11:43:25 AM PDT
by
Raven6
(What we need: More people that can shoot like Tennesseans and fight like Texans!)
To: M1903A1
Spanish Largo is 9x23, Parabellum is 9x19.
To: marktwain
The display of ignorance about Lugers on this thread is amusing. The gun in question is an early model, which is rarer and worth more than an ordinary military model from either world war, but the auctioneer has a questionable reputation in collecting circles. Somebody with more money than sense will buy this gun.
BTW, Lugers are ammunition sensitive, but 115 grain Winchester white box ammo usually works fine.
To: ozzymandus
auctioneer has a questionable reputation in collecting circlesKinda like R. L. Wilson, who can now tell you the value of rare Colts in cigarette equivalents? ;)
To: Tijeras_Slim
What about R.L. Wilson?
I picked up 4 different volumes for $4.95 each in the remainder rack. I figure a tad more than a dollar a pound for all the great photos.
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posted on
06/25/2011 12:31:56 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
He got to the point where rare Colts were “worth what he said they were worth”, and was involved in a deal that turned out too sweet for him.
He served a year. When he got out he was tried on a spearate matter in KY but was acquitted.
Guy gets to play with cool guns for a living and gets greedy all the same.
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