Luger in an auction

wworker · 10-06-2005, 09:02 AM

How many of you collectors would like to buy this Luger that I saw at an online auction?

Can you just imagine the grips being cracked?

John Sabato · 10-06-2005, 11:06 AM

Not a very good practice, especially if you are not carefule...

but the vise jaws are padded with rubber,

... and if the person has a gentle hand on the tightening, stopping when just enough force has been used to keep the gun from dropping, it could be okay...

Pete Ebbink · 10-06-2005, 12:57 PM

Looks like wood and rubber on the vise pads...

thegundude · 10-06-2005, 01:38 PM

My thoughts on this...

I understand that this fellow probably just didn't have any better way to hold the gun for photography and just plain didn't that anyone would see this as being a horrible thing to do to a gun.

That said, what a horrible thing to do to a gun. Even if this didn't harm it in any way, what kinds of things does he do to guns while not taking pictures of them? He probably didn't see anything wrong with this practice. Then again, I know people who don't think pointing the muzzle at you ("But it's unloaded!") is such a bad idea either...

10-06-2005, 09:02 AM	#1
wworker User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 65 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Luger in an auction How many of you collectors would like to buy this Luger that I saw at an online auction? Can you just imagine the grips being cracked?

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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	Not a very good practice, especially if you are not carefule... but the vise jaws are padded with rubber, ... and if the person has a gentle hand on the tightening, stopping when just enough force has been used to keep the gun from dropping, it could be okay... __________________ 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..."*

10-06-2005, 01:38 PM	#4
thegundude User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NC Posts: 1,137 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	My thoughts on this... I understand that this fellow probably just didn't have any better way to hold the gun for photography and just plain didn't that anyone would see this as being a horrible thing to do to a gun. That said, what a horrible thing to do to a gun. Even if this didn't harm it in any way, what kinds of things does he do to guns while not taking pictures of them? He probably didn't see anything wrong with this practice. Then again, I know people who don't think pointing the muzzle at you ("But it's unloaded!") is such a bad idea either... __________________ Keep your knees in the breeze and your iron in the air. ~Steve

10-06-2005, 12:57 PM	#3
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Looks like wood and rubber on the vise pads...