camera angle?

Roadkill · 03-15-2004, 04:25 PM

http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/Vie...?Item=16690171

Do the toggle handles look dished or is it the camera angle?

rk

John D. · 03-15-2004, 05:04 PM

Hey RK..!

I think it's a wide-angle lens that is doing that?? If you look closely - the barrel appears to "bend" with the perspective of the camera angle as well...???

Either that - or it's a yet to be discovered new Luger variation... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

John Sabato · 03-15-2004, 05:08 PM

I am sure that RK can confirm that in the Artillery branch of the US Army, when a field artillery piece has been fired faster than it's authorized maximum rate of fire, thereby exceeding its specifications, that it will exhibit a similar characteristic as seen in these photos, known to artillerymen as "tube droop"

Oops, I should have started this antecdote with "this is no BS"... sorry ...I forgot the protocol... <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" />

Roadkill · 03-15-2004, 07:00 PM

I just thought it didn't look right for some reason. That's all.

rk

03-15-2004, 04:25 PM	#1
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	camera angle? http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/Vie...?Item=16690171 Do the toggle handles look dished or is it the camera angle? rk

03-15-2004, 05:08 PM	#3
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	I am sure that RK can confirm that in the Artillery branch of the US Army, when a field artillery piece has been fired faster than it's authorized maximum rate of fire, thereby exceeding its specifications, that it will exhibit a similar characteristic as seen in these photos, known to artillerymen as "tube droop" Oops, I should have started this antecdote with "this is no BS"... sorry ...I forgot the protocol... <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

03-15-2004, 05:04 PM	#2
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 477 Thanked 515 Times in 128 Posts	Hey RK..! I think it's a wide-angle lens that is doing that?? If you look closely - the barrel appears to "bend" with the perspective of the camera angle as well...??? Either that - or it's a yet to be discovered new Luger variation... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

03-15-2004, 07:00 PM	#4
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	I just thought it didn't look right for some reason. That's all. rk