The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Luger vs. P-38 historical preference ???

SpareMag · May 5, 2013, 11:18 AM

NO personal evidence one way or the other. My father brought back from the war a Luger and a Mauser HSc. He always said that the Walther P-38 had been stolen in transit, and he deeply regretted that loss.

I have the Luger and Mauser, but have not fired a P-38, so I have no personal judgement. Whether the P-38 had a personal connection due to the way it was obtained, or if he viewed it as a superior weapon to the others, I have no idea. My father was not a gun guy.

He could appreciate them as machinery but never had a desire, that I know of, to collect.

May 5, 2013, 11:18 AM	#27
SpareMag Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2012 Posts: 514	NO personal evidence one way or the other. My father brought back from the war a Luger and a Mauser HSc. He always said that the Walther P-38 had been stolen in transit, and he deeply regretted that loss. I have the Luger and Mauser, but have not fired a P-38, so I have no personal judgement. Whether the P-38 had a personal connection due to the way it was obtained, or if he viewed it as a superior weapon to the others, I have no idea. My father was not a gun guy. He could appreciate them as machinery but never had a desire, that I know of, to collect.