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**44 AMP** · February 4, 2014, 02:21 AM

The German military entered WWII with a curious mixture of advanced tactical thinking, cutting edge technology in some areas, and slavish adherence to tradition in others.

Luger production ended in 1942, because Lugers were too expensive to keep making, for what they got. Expensive in terms of skilled labor man/machine hours, not just Reichmarks. The P.38 was coming off the production lines, and it was decided that the capacity to build Lugers was better used for other things

the Luger has a certain...charisma, or mystique, call it what you will, there is nothing else quite like it. To this day its still one of the most famous and widely recognized pistols in the world.

February 4, 2014, 02:21 AM	#18
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,811	The German military entered WWII with a curious mixture of advanced tactical thinking, cutting edge technology in some areas, and slavish adherence to tradition in others. Luger production ended in 1942, because Lugers were too expensive to keep making, for what they got. Expensive in terms of skilled labor man/machine hours, not just Reichmarks. The P.38 was coming off the production lines, and it was decided that the capacity to build Lugers was better used for other things the Luger has a certain...charisma, or mystique, call it what you will, there is nothing else quite like it. To this day its still one of the most famous and widely recognized pistols in the world. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.