bannockburn
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Nice save! For $400, a few parts, and some TLC, you've got a really nice shooter there.
Fresh start for an old Luger
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Mention of the .30 Luger inevitably gets me thinking about a truly horrible murder-for-hire here in Minnesota in the early 1960s. A young criminal-defense attorney took out a million-dollar insurance policy on his wife, then hired a thug to murder her. The thug in turn farmed the job out to a career petty criminal and gave him a .30 Luger, along with a magazine filled with standard 9 mm, to do the job.
The second thug, who obviously didn't know a whole lot about guns, got drunk and lay in wait for the wife. He couldn't get the gun to fire, naturally, and wound up essentially beating her to death with it, even though a Luger doesn't make much of a club. As I say, a horrible story, with so much stupid to go around (as well as evil) that it makes you think that . . . well, I don't know what it makes you think.
The muder was part of the inspiration for the movie "Fargo."
The second thug, who obviously didn't know a whole lot about guns, got drunk and lay in wait for the wife. He couldn't get the gun to fire, naturally, and wound up essentially beating her to death with it, even though a Luger doesn't make much of a club. As I say, a horrible story, with so much stupid to go around (as well as evil) that it makes you think that . . . well, I don't know what it makes you think.
The muder was part of the inspiration for the movie "Fargo."
PlayTheAces
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Always nice to see something brought back to life, especially a Luger. Great job!
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