Luger Trigger
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Luger triggers are among the most complicated linkages that you'll ever find in a gun.
There are more moving parts than are really needed, but having said that, if you practice, it certainly can shoot accurately. They never will have the "breaking glass" feel, and they're not much good for modern "combat" shoots. The P35 Browning, still in use by CDF also has a complex trigger, but nobody seems much concerned about it. The Luger is an example of late 19th century design, where thinking was concentrated on the action and not the trigger. The real problem with Lugers is that many of them are very ammunition sensitive. But they're iconic and just neat guns.
There are more moving parts than are really needed, but having said that, if you practice, it certainly can shoot accurately. They never will have the "breaking glass" feel, and they're not much good for modern "combat" shoots. The P35 Browning, still in use by CDF also has a complex trigger, but nobody seems much concerned about it. The Luger is an example of late 19th century design, where thinking was concentrated on the action and not the trigger. The real problem with Lugers is that many of them are very ammunition sensitive. But they're iconic and just neat guns.
LOL! I should have known to ask you first...
That was not the purpose of this. But I will say ANYTIME!, including after a service match this spring if that's what you were thinking.
The next time our paths cross, I'll be asking a few questions about the trigger, though, as it is purely out of curiosity.
Thanks, Scott.
olddudeone
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Had one accurized years ago by a fellow named John Dewey of Dewey Shooters Service in Clinton Corners, New York. That was a light crisp trigger , but he was a master at it . olddudeone
Personally, I've found the Luger trigger to be harder to manage than the trigger on the Inglis/Browning. Neither is good as it comes from the factory. I've also known some folks who've gotten the triggers improved. Since I collect (and do very little actual shooting), altering the trigger geometry on any gun just isn't what I do. I don't know if he's still doing it, but John Martz in the US used to build Lugers into very competent target and combat guns, with good triggers. I suspect, though, that for the average shooter, those triggers may not be a very big problem. The guns are good to shoot.
