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Nyles 01-04-2010 03:29 PM

He actually means an American Eagle. Although oddly enough, the US Army .45 Lugers never had them, just the 7.65mm commercial versions made for the US market.

And contrary to the enduring myth that two were made and only one survived, most scholars think there were 6. Until recently, only #2 and #3 were accounted for, but a .45 caliber Luger carbine turned up with serial number 21 recently. There's some debate over it's the real thing or one of the reproductions made in the 90s (at 10 grand each).

Markost 01-04-2010 03:50 PM

There must be some copy made in the USA and rechambered for .45 by some gunsmith, just for fun...

Yournamehere 01-04-2010 11:53 PM

An American Eagle? I've seen the Nazi one, but I've never seen one of those. Then again I've never seen one in .45 either................

Spartan198 01-05-2010 01:04 AM

I would say Colt not putting their 1020 piston upper into production is a bad decision, considering piston ARs seem to be all the rage these days.

k9870 01-05-2010 01:45 AM

Bad: HK-they make there own special super rails that only hk attachments can fit on......

Zulu Two Six 01-05-2010 02:48 AM

ok, first all of H&K is shit
second
becaue ur not an operator.
you wouldn't understand
because you suck. and we hate you

Markost 01-05-2010 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yournamehere (Post 10380)
An American Eagle? I've seen the Nazi one, but I've never seen one of those. Then again I've never seen one in .45 either................

http://www.lugerforum.com/45Luger.html

Hard to find. But think about it, a gunsmith could do it, so thatīs not impossible.

Nyles 01-05-2010 06:07 PM

Actually, it's not a question of conversion, you literally need to build the gun from scratch. And a Luger is not a simple gun to build, there are a lot of complicated machining operations and tight tolerances involved. The .45 Lugers had literally no parts in common with the 9mm / 7.65mm guns. Everything had to be scaled up. Lugers are big, bulky guns, but all that space is being used, they're quite tight internally.

Markost 01-05-2010 08:48 PM

http://www.gunsamerica.com/userimage...wm_1612208.jpg

http://www.gunsamerica.com/925348384...45_ACP_P08.htm

Custom, but it would be interesting to learn how to rechamber and modify the pistol.


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