The GNR is a national paramilitary police force, similar to the French Gendarmerie. It’s not like the U.S. National Guard. It does have, however, an organizational relationship with the Portuguese department of defense when carrying out its military roles. The GNR monogram has also been applied to other pistols used by the GNR, including Walther P38/P1’s.
I feel for that commission: “We need a security system that does $x” 3 of us go and spend months selecting one “Oh, we can’t afford that” Why didn’t you say that months ago “We thought we could” Stop thinking, that’s not your job.
As some people already have said, the Portuguese Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) is not a militia style organization but the Portuguese gendarmerie, or militarized rural police, like French gendarmerie, Italian carabinieri or Spanish Guardia Civil. In the years of World War One, the Portuguese military wanted to buy more Parabellum pistols, but as Germany can´t furnish them (because they need them and because Portugal was part of the Allied) finally the Portuguese Army bought a good number of American Savage pistols cal. 7.65mm Browning (32 ACP.)
@@BernasLL Rural as also acting on unincorporated areas, plus the GNR has the BT or traffic brigade which is a kind of road/highway patrol. Also, the service pistol for the GNR and Police nowadays is the Glock 17 in 9mm.
Ian, a small correction. It's written "Guarda Nacional Republicana". About those order numbers, 564 for GNR and 4578 for the army, we Portuguese are very, very specific with our numbers! Except we're really not...
In the last few years we have seen companies like Colt with the new Python using modern machining to bring back guns that formerly required a great deal of hand fitting and finishing to manufacture. I wonder if technology will ever advance to the point of making guns like the Luger practical in the market place.
I remember when the Ford GT came out in the 2000s - and a few years later a company in Texas made reproduction Me-262 jet fighters. You'd think with 3D printing etc there would be a wave of boutique retro cars, pistols etc. It's a shame the economy tanked a few years later.
@@AshleyPomeroy 3D printers are mostly garbage for doing anything other than prototyping, unless titanium prints magically become viable it’ll stay that way.
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Got to love the Luger,my dad had one not sure what kind..i think German maybe, it was a great shooter. Another great video Ian ,so very through ..keep it up !
Given we waited so long for the portuguese issue of the Luger pistol, and considering the Luger's iconic character, I'd estimate we would have to have some patience to see Ian covering such a common weapon as the P38 and of rather little particularity like the portuguese issue. As far as I'm aware, we usually had our weapons made fairly similarly to the original manufacturer's specifications, while sometimes varying mostly in cosmetic ways like mate finish, grip pattern, color, etc. Supporting this is the fact our national arms manufacturer usually bought the tooling for producing our weapons directly from the original manufacturer. I'd still like to see a video about it, thou. After all, the P38 was my first service pistol.
When I started watching this channel, I thought I knew a lot about guns. Hundreds of videos later, I realize I didn’t know much. I still only probably know about 1% of what Ian knows, but I couldn’t think of a better teacher.
FYI, the GNR (Guarda Nacional Republicana / Republican National Guard) despite the name is the equivalent to the police, but you had to be in the army to join and they don't do policing duties in metropolitan areas, that job is done by the PSP ( Polícia de Segurança Pública / Public Safety Police).
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@@awmperry There is a lot of confusion now about the differences between monograms, cyphers badges, ,logos, trademarks, coats of arms and crests .The British forces I believe have now registered their badges under trade mark legislation!
@@gregordavey1135 Yup. Registration with the College of Arms only does so much, so it makes sense to register them as trademarks as well. The interesting thing is of course that the arms are just the achievement of arms itself, so they would only be able to copyright a particular representation of them, while a trademark gives a bit more leeway.
@@awmperry I wonder what happens to Scots badges etc- the Lord Lyon has many more practical powers.If I remember correctly in Scots armory badges are designed by the heralds and granted by Lyon and form part ofthe achievement The current general confusion does lead to some interesting conundrums. Artillery pieces in Australian service were like British guns,marked with the Queens cypher displayed within a garter under a 'Queens' crown. Some years back the decision was made to replace this cypher with the Australian Arms (of Sovereignty)- rather changing the tradition..
It’s not! This were just for Officers. By this time they used Mausers. In every service. Wen the regular soldiers started using pistols it was the Walter P38.
Have to say that matte finish Luger is much better looking than I would have expected. Looks very menacing. Imagine a matte finish Luger in .45 ACP! That would look like something straight out of a comic book villain scene.
Just somebody out there have a book on identifying or decoding the letters on Luger pistols? I'm trying to identify the date of manufacture and where my Luger ended up it has a very early three digit serial number dwm 7.65 and then on the frame it has S S & G P any ideas thank you
6:19 and 8:47 The safety markings seem to be on a different way. As I understand the German marking shows the text when the safety is on but this can be confusing as typically markings are on the position the switch is set.
Now I need a portuguese Luger... BTW GNR is not a "national guard", but the "military" Police/Gendarmerie, like Spanish Guardia Civil or the Italian Carabinieri.
Somewhat surprised considering the needs of the war Germany would be willing to sell ~4500 Lugers to a non Axis allied county in 1942 . I suppose they felt the cold hard cash they were getting in the deal was more important at the time.
@@wilsonj4705 it definitely was worth more than gold to germany at the time, considering germany was paying gold upfront to portugal for said resources.
Used to play with one when I was a kid (without bullets...). Sawed off the barrel because I thought it would look cool (and because I'm an idiot). Ah, the memories.
After you do take a look at it it you will look back at L85a1 and say "sorry". At least L85a1 doesn't spit in your eye when you shoot it. Also it is still in service.
Even the GNR (Guarda Nacional Republicana) a Gendarmerie tipe Police Force, only adopted a pistol (Walther P38 for Guards, Walther PP/PPK for Sargents and Officers) in 1961, until then Guards used the Mauser KAR 98. I am a Sargent of the GNR and wen I entered service in 2006 we still used the P38 now replaced by the "Portuguese Glock 19" (with manual safety).
What's worse getting the same gun but now needing to supply an entirely different cartridge at the same time. Or getting a completely different weapon in the same cartridge but requiring different parts and training?
I'd say that it depends on your perspective. For the soldier, a familiar gun in a different caliber is not a big deal - just have to make sure you have the right ammunition, and the armorers don't have to learn anything new. For the logistics/supply guys, it's a pain in the ass keeping it straight during any transition, but back to normal once everyone is using the new caliber. Changing to a new gun means pain for everyone: soldiers have a new weapon and manual of arms to learn, armorers have new repairs and tools to learn, and logistics has new guns and new parts pipelines to deal with. Maybe the worst headache is determining how to handle the transition...
No Sir. It uses a different locking system (not toggle related) and it is double action. I believe there are several Forgotten Weapon's articles you would enjoy.
The Walther was a separate and different design. The P38 does have a slight resemblance due to the fixed barrel and front sight, but it's really very different.
I'm not an expert either, but the P38 operates on a completely different and more advanced mechanism. There simply aren't that many pistols in history that utilise a toggle-lock system as the Luger does. The Walther design was developed to replace the Luger but they are not related.
@@gnarly6 that`s right. The open barrel is a demand from the former German military. They feared that using dirty ammo with some sand on it can cause the barrel to expand or dent outwards what would block a slide when running over the barrel and male the pistol useless. But that hardly ever happens. Technically P08 and P38 are totaly different, P38 is easyer and way cheaper to produce. But also a good and reliable design. They still used P38`s ( P1 ) in the German military ( and police ) after the war until apx. 1994.
Was it possible for countires after WW1 to get Luger pistols in 9X19 in the Interwar period as to my knowledge Germany was banned from producing 9x19 firearms after WW1? Did Germany resume building 9mm guns immediately in 1933 when Hitler took power or later?
The British Vickers company produced Lugers from 1919 to 1926 with DWM’s machines/tooling, Simson & Suhl were the one authorized producer of Luger’s for Germany military & police sales during the Weimar Era, while DWM was able to get its tooling back from Vicker’s and start producing Luger’s for private sales and foreign sales around 1927-1928. 9mm was never really taken away, but Luger production got shuffled around enough that production figures never really jumped back up until after Hitler rose to power.
Great video as always but I've never really quite understood this fascination with lugers. Must be a collector thing. Like buying an antique clock or something.
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq never. I haven't handled or fired any old German firearm. Unless, you count the hi power because ,you know, the Nazis used it during WWII. A few modern HKs ... The old stuff costs more money than I can afford and the owners are rather possessive.
Best shooting handgun I own is an Interarms Mauser Luger with a 6" (150mm) barrel. Shoots like target .22, hits like a Glock, and points like your index finger. Of course it's sensitive about cartridge power and overall length, but all semi-autos are to one extent or the other.
@noneof urbusiness that is another reason why I feel a little disturbed... Makes me wonder if lugers are so sought after because of their association with the Nazis... But , it's a layered feeling. Undeniably , it certainly has its place in the scheme of things but I wonder whether its prominence is due more to its engineering or its iconography.
@@jamesgirardeau757 do you find it still relevant? I mean, would you carry it? Or do you value it more as an artefact? Like, I don't really like glocks, but I appreciate that aesthetics aside , they're reliable, functional guns. On the other hand, I love how a .45 looks but I'd rather not carry it. You know what I'm saying?
Its funny how people love Lugers, its rather like classic cars that were flawed but people still love them. The Luger is far away from the most reliable of automatic pistols in the 30's and 40's.
musta been great, getting paid to just shoot guns, talk to arms manufacturers, and presumably dictate reports to a secretary to send back to your command
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Portuguese fan right here
Great work, as always
All the best to everyone
The GNR is a national paramilitary police force, similar to the French Gendarmerie. It’s not like the U.S. National Guard. It does have, however, an organizational relationship with the Portuguese department of defense when carrying out its military roles. The GNR monogram has also been applied to other pistols used by the GNR, including Walther P38/P1’s.
Fond memories of my grandfathers gun. Always nice to see my country represented
I feel for that commission:
“We need a security system that does $x”
3 of us go and spend months selecting one
“Oh, we can’t afford that”
Why didn’t you say that months ago
“We thought we could”
Stop thinking, that’s not your job.
Then they waste more time (and money) repeating the process.
@@Oblithian To arrive to the SAME conclusion 👉
As some people already have said, the Portuguese Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) is not a militia style organization but the Portuguese gendarmerie, or militarized rural police, like French gendarmerie, Italian carabinieri or Spanish Guardia Civil.
In the years of World War One, the Portuguese military wanted to buy more Parabellum pistols, but as Germany can´t furnish them (because they need them and because Portugal was part of the Allied) finally the Portuguese Army bought a good number of American Savage pistols cal. 7.65mm Browning (32 ACP.)
Hm not exactly "Rural" police, as none of the other organizations named, but otherwise you're 100% right.
@@BernasLL Rural as also acting on unincorporated areas, plus the GNR has the BT or traffic brigade which is a kind of road/highway patrol. Also, the service pistol for the GNR and Police nowadays is the Glock 17 in 9mm.
@@BernasLL yes it is rural
Ian, a small correction. It's written "Guarda Nacional Republicana".
About those order numbers, 564 for GNR and 4578 for the army, we Portuguese are very, very specific with our numbers! Except we're really not...
Absolutely right
In the last few years we have seen companies like Colt with the new Python using modern machining to bring back guns that formerly required a great deal of hand fitting and finishing to manufacture. I wonder if technology will ever advance to the point of making guns like the Luger practical in the market place.
I remember when the Ford GT came out in the 2000s - and a few years later a company in Texas made reproduction Me-262 jet fighters. You'd think with 3D printing etc there would be a wave of boutique retro cars, pistols etc. It's a shame the economy tanked a few years later.
@@AshleyPomeroy 3D printers are mostly garbage for doing anything other than prototyping, unless titanium prints magically become viable it’ll stay that way.
Mauser in WWII adopted Henry Ford philosophy, you can have any Luger you want as long as it is a P08.
I love my Luger! So nice to always hear what Ian has to say about all the variations!
I love Ian. He just comes off so wholesome.
Ian! You are 'The Total Gun Nerd!', and I feel that I speak for most subscribers in this next.....Thank God! 😉😁🖖
I appreciate your curiosity about firearms, and the Ridiculous amount of trivial (yet interesting) information about them that you do. I, personally, enjoy it thoroughly and keep it coming! 👍🤙✌🖖😉
on the description it should be guarda nacional republicana, instead of Garda National Republicana. great video as always
Got to love the Luger,my dad had one not sure what kind..i think German maybe, it was a great shooter. Another great video Ian ,so very through ..keep it up !
No matter how many pistols or revolvers I love, the Luger is still by far one of my all time favorites
Thanks Ian for the story of Luger pistols in Portugal. When will we find a video about Walther P38 in the portuguese service?
Given we waited so long for the portuguese issue of the Luger pistol, and considering the Luger's iconic character, I'd estimate we would have to have some patience to see Ian covering such a common weapon as the P38 and of rather little particularity like the portuguese issue.
As far as I'm aware, we usually had our weapons made fairly similarly to the original manufacturer's specifications, while sometimes varying mostly in cosmetic ways like mate finish, grip pattern, color, etc. Supporting this is the fact our national arms manufacturer usually bought the tooling for producing our weapons directly from the original manufacturer.
I'd still like to see a video about it, thou. After all, the P38 was my first service pistol.
*mentions Portugal
*gets an automatic thumbs-up from me
#Caralho
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FYI, the GNR (Guarda Nacional Republicana / Republican National Guard) despite the name is the equivalent to the police, but you had to be in the army to join and they don't do policing duties in metropolitan areas, that job is done by the PSP ( Polícia de Segurança Pública / Public Safety Police).
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Thanks for yet another wonderful video. I really like this one. The first model with the short lived crest is really cool.
Strictly speaking it is Manuel's Cypher rather than his crest The crest is the element of the achievement of arms which is mounted on the helm
Oh good, it's not just me. :-)
Heraldry: always relevant, even to guns
@@awmperry There is a lot of confusion now about the differences between monograms, cyphers badges, ,logos, trademarks, coats of arms and crests .The British forces I believe have now registered their badges under trade mark legislation!
@@gregordavey1135 Yup. Registration with the College of Arms only does so much, so it makes sense to register them as trademarks as well. The interesting thing is of course that the arms are just the achievement of arms itself, so they would only be able to copyright a particular representation of them, while a trademark gives a bit more leeway.
@@awmperry I wonder what happens to Scots badges etc- the Lord Lyon has many more practical powers.If I remember correctly in Scots armory badges are designed by the heralds and granted by Lyon and form part ofthe achievement
The current general confusion does lead to some interesting conundrums. Artillery pieces in Australian service were like British guns,marked with the Queens cypher displayed within a garter under a 'Queens' crown. Some years back the decision was made to replace this cypher with the Australian Arms (of Sovereignty)- rather changing the tradition..
Thank you , Ian .
Thank god for obsessive collectors and FW, as otherwise it would be so much harder to see these kinds of guns together
That's for sure.
There's never enough luger content.
there were only 3 sets of Luger tools. Forgotten weapons have a Luger video every 2 weeks.
Ian's português pronunciation is 10 out of 10!!
Nice guns also, never realised that's what the GNR used for decades!
It’s not! This were just for Officers. By this time they used Mausers. In every service. Wen the regular soldiers started using pistols it was the Walter P38.
@@fernandesbjp obrigado pelo esclarecimento, não estava ao corrente :)
@@rotormasher Não mencionei correctamente os soldados, ou as praças como eram conhecidos na época usavam a espingarda Mauser.
Ian: *mentions Portugal*
Portuguese folk: *P O R T U G A L C A R A L H O*
:) 👍Nice to you portugueses
The Luger is such a beautiful pistol.
I like the matte refinish job on the P08.
i still cant get over how many sub variations of lugers there are
DWM "You want a luger, you get a P08, hope you like it."
Me " Heck yeah!!!!!! I'll take whatever you wanna give me!!!!!"
Have to say that matte finish Luger is much better looking than I would have expected. Looks very menacing.
Imagine a matte finish Luger in .45 ACP! That would look like something straight out of a comic book villain scene.
episode about different luger magazines would be great
Great video.
Nice piece of portuguese militaria history.
Just somebody out there have a book on identifying or decoding the letters on Luger pistols? I'm trying to identify the date of manufacture and where my Luger ended up it has a very early three digit serial number dwm 7.65 and then on the frame it has S S & G P any ideas thank you
There is a mistake in the description, it's Guarda Nacional Republicana, not Garda National Republicana
Olha lá o portuga. Os cara precisaram de traduzir a arma pra poderem usar kkkkkkkkkk
@@luanfonseca5179 Mais vale que os zucas, onde qualquer iletrado sabe bem demais como disparar(oxalá que treinassem mais a parte do apontar, ne?)
@@marceloantunes998 é pq a gente é esperto né patrão kkkkkk
Ian loves the little luuuugers
All the lugers of the worrrllddd
Even Lex Luger? o_O
Thanks
*Gun Jesus reviewing Luger is just what I wanted.*
The AKM and the Luger, probably the two most iconic guns ever made.
Will you please do a review and maybe a range test of the as val?
Very nice pistols.
0:52 as a Portuguese, I can confirm we still have no money
Even funnier due to your name
@@marceloantunes998 😄
How you guys dont have money after stealing the entire gold of my country?
@@paulojose-1232 We didn't steal shit from you. Brazil was Portugal. And the gold is gone, thanks to the commie socialists.
@@paulojose-1232 tem que haver sempre um zuca a chorar e sem saber da história do próprio país.
6:19 and 8:47 The safety markings seem to be on a different way. As I understand the German marking shows the text when the safety is on but this can be confusing as typically markings are on the position the switch is set.
I am trying to think of some kind of _"hakaloogie"_ Luger joke, and...I got nuthin'. 😊
{Great video, Ian...👍}
That black P08 looks cool
So many Lugers, yet I still can't afford one. If only I had a time machine to go back 70 years.
What about the Portuguese Navy Lugers P-08.??
Yay! More lugers!
Now I want a Portuguese army parkarized luger thanks Ian your feeding my addiction
I didn't know I needed a parked luger.. until now.
Month of the Bergmann part 2: Month of the Luger!
You're tellling us the marking over the barrel attachment point could have been "MII"?
GNR Lugers? Bands get such cool stuff. I can imagine Slash pointing one of these at a Roadie and telling him to score him some H.
@@TugaAvenger Grupo Novo Rock
Here’s your German Luger …. Hope you like it. Love it !
I wonder if Axel Rose has one of these...
hi, Ian ...!!!
wher are you ...?!?
we are waiting your daily video ... we'll are very worry ... we wait for
so long, greatest gunner kid ... 😉
Now it would be cool if you did a video about the brazilian contract lugers
The elusive Guns ‘N Roses luger
Two in a day? You spoil us ian!
Love the Lugars! Thanks for sharing this!
God bless all here.
Ha, the LH armrest of your chair looks like "a kind of" mountingpoint for a shoulderstock on the mid pistol 🤔🧐😁
Watching this with interest from Madeira
Look in pretty good condition to be that old.
One of these days...
The Luger is the one firearm I would trade most of my collection for.
Any updates from Elbonia? 😀
Now I need a portuguese Luger... BTW GNR is not a "national guard", but the "military" Police/Gendarmerie, like Spanish Guardia Civil or the Italian Carabinieri.
Man, I would sell a lot of things for a Luger pistol.
They're just great.
Somewhat surprised considering the needs of the war Germany would be willing to sell ~4500 Lugers to a non Axis allied county in 1942 . I suppose they felt the cold hard cash they were getting in the deal was more important at the time.
Portugal was selling Volfranium to Germany at the time, so business as usual :D
@@trinas7131 Took me an unusual long time to find that Wolfranium is an obsolete name for Tungsten.
Probably worth more than gold to Germany at the time.
@@wilsonj4705 it definitely was worth more than gold to germany at the time, considering germany was paying gold upfront to portugal for said resources.
Bribe to keep them pro German
Used to play with one when I was a kid (without bullets...). Sawed off the barrel because I thought it would look cool (and because I'm an idiot). Ah, the memories.
😁 better be careful, sir. Some of the guys here just might take some serious offense at such sacrilege.
When the Luger collecting fraternity find you, they will probably saw off something of yours. 😁
Philistine!
@@mikehipperson 😂😂 and so it begins...
@@Kevin-mx1vi 🤭
The God of the Guns-Return of the Luger
He Ian. I am curious. Have you ever come across the INSAS rifle system? If yes, what do you think about it.
No, I have not yet.
After you do take a look at it it you will look back at L85a1 and say "sorry". At least L85a1 doesn't spit in your eye when you shoot it. Also it is still in service.
What gun did enlisted Portuguese pistol-armed men carry? Or did only officers get to carry pistols and mortar crews etc only got rifles?
Only Officers carried pistols. The enlisted (soldados) used Mauser rifles.
@@fernandesbjp Thank you! 😀👍 A bit different from other armies like the American and Swedish.
@@puppetguy8726 Wen you don't have a lot of money, you have to take choices.
Even the GNR (Guarda Nacional Republicana) a Gendarmerie tipe Police Force, only adopted a pistol (Walther P38 for Guards, Walther PP/PPK for Sargents and Officers) in 1961, until then Guards used the Mauser KAR 98.
I am a Sargent of the GNR and wen I entered service in 2006 we still used the P38 now replaced by the "Portuguese Glock 19" (with manual safety).
What's worse getting the same gun but now needing to supply an entirely different cartridge at the same time. Or getting a completely different weapon in the same cartridge but requiring different parts and training?
I'd say that it depends on your perspective. For the soldier, a familiar gun in a different caliber is not a big deal - just have to make sure you have the right ammunition, and the armorers don't have to learn anything new. For the logistics/supply guys, it's a pain in the ass keeping it straight during any transition, but back to normal once everyone is using the new caliber.
Changing to a new gun means pain for everyone: soldiers have a new weapon and manual of arms to learn, armorers have new repairs and tools to learn, and logistics has new guns and new parts pipelines to deal with. Maybe the worst headache is determining how to handle the transition...
Ian you still have a tipo/mistake on the description it's Nacional not National (Guarda Nacional Republicana)
Keep it up
Wish I had one!
Verry good
I am not a gun expert but have one question. Was the Walther P38 based on one of these Lugers?. Thank you for all of your uploads.
No Sir. It uses a different locking system (not toggle related) and it is double action. I believe there are several Forgotten Weapon's articles you would enjoy.
The Walther was a separate and different design. The P38 does have a slight resemblance due to the fixed barrel and front sight, but it's really very different.
I'm not an expert either, but the P38 operates on a completely different and more advanced mechanism. There simply aren't that many pistols in history that utilise a toggle-lock system as the Luger does. The Walther design was developed to replace the Luger but they are not related.
@@gnarly6 that`s right. The open barrel is a demand from the former German military. They feared that using dirty ammo with some sand on it can cause the barrel to expand or dent outwards what would block a slide when running over the barrel and male the pistol useless. But that hardly ever happens. Technically P08 and P38 are totaly different, P38 is easyer and way cheaper to produce. But also a good and reliable design. They still used P38`s ( P1 ) in the German military ( and police ) after the war until apx. 1994.
I must say that you forgot to say Portugal Caralho but I think I can forgive you.
Was it possible for countires after WW1 to get Luger pistols in 9X19 in the Interwar period as to my knowledge Germany was banned from producing 9x19 firearms after WW1? Did Germany resume building 9mm guns immediately in 1933 when Hitler took power or later?
The British Vickers company produced Lugers from 1919 to 1926 with DWM’s machines/tooling, Simson & Suhl were the one authorized producer of Luger’s for Germany military & police sales during the Weimar Era, while DWM was able to get its tooling back from Vicker’s and start producing Luger’s for private sales and foreign sales around 1927-1928. 9mm was never really taken away, but Luger production got shuffled around enough that production figures never really jumped back up until after Hitler rose to power.
@@Verdha603 I see. Thanks for the info.
Someday…someday
Hey any update on the Chinese warlord pistol books?
It's at the printer now, in progress. We should be getting the proof samples in the next couple weeks.
@@ForgottenWeapons YOU ARE KILLER!
>Portugal mentioned
Ahh yes, the Portuguese Gun-O-War
That 2nd gun's safety looks broken...the blade doesn't move as you switch the lever
Great video as always but I've never really quite understood this fascination with lugers. Must be a collector thing. Like buying an antique clock or something.
You've obviously never handled or fired one?
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq never. I haven't handled or fired any old German firearm. Unless, you count the hi power because ,you know, the Nazis used it during WWII. A few modern HKs ... The old stuff costs more money than I can afford and the owners are rather possessive.
Best shooting handgun I own is an Interarms Mauser Luger with a 6" (150mm) barrel. Shoots like target .22, hits like a Glock, and points like your index finger. Of course it's sensitive about cartridge power and overall length, but all semi-autos are to one extent or the other.
@noneof urbusiness that is another reason why I feel a little disturbed... Makes me wonder if lugers are so sought after because of their association with the Nazis... But , it's a layered feeling. Undeniably , it certainly has its place in the scheme of things but I wonder whether its prominence is due more to its engineering or its iconography.
@@jamesgirardeau757 do you find it still relevant? I mean, would you carry it? Or do you value it more as an artefact? Like, I don't really like glocks, but I appreciate that aesthetics aside , they're reliable, functional guns. On the other hand, I love how a .45 looks but I'd rather not carry it. You know what I'm saying?
The roman numeral for 1000 is M.
Obligatory PORTUGAL CARALHOOO!!!!
TSUUUUUUUUUUUU
Like no. 7, Top markotop Muantabe 👍.
Lots of Lugers recently.
Sorry for the pun. 😛
Its funny how people love Lugers, its rather like classic cars that were flawed but people still love them. The Luger is far away from the most reliable of automatic pistols in the 30's and 40's.
Lugars are neat
Cool
More Swiss Guns pls
I'd love to see an episode on the FN Brownings sent to Argentina for their secret police.
nice
You and othias have been Lugers
musta been great, getting paid to just shoot guns, talk to arms manufacturers, and presumably dictate reports to a secretary to send back to your command
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i had a question, what is more powerful and effective- ak47 or bazooka? please answer asap
Between AK 47 or Bazooka? Easy! The nuclear submarine.
The answer is famas
@@mursefaneca 😁 you catch on pretty quick. But shouldn't that be the 1903 ?
Why not bazooka?
@noneof urbusiness oh thank you I didn't know that. In terms of destruction bazooka is more effective right?