stoeger Luger .22 plinker.

[Jagman]

picked this stoeger Luger .22 up and a Walther P22 for cheap plinking.
this luger was made in 1976, $80 bux at that time. It appears unfired.

Jagman.
http://images33.fotki.com/v1070/photos/1/139782/1210242/stoegerLuger_22-vi.jpg

http://images34.fotki.com/v1123/photos/1/139782/1210242/stoegerLuger_22_bmp1-vi.jpg

[drine]

REAL nice! I had a chance to handle and fire a captured Luger a few years back. For me, the grip angle, sight picture and balance is better than any other pistol I've fired.

[Norton]

That brings back memories, my girlfreind's mom had one back in 1976. I asked if she would sell it to me when she grew tried of it. I guess she moved to South Florida and you got it!

[snapshot762]

A buddy of mine had one of those. As i remember it shot well, but was kind of finicky about what ammo you fed it.

[brewskzilla]

For a .22 plinker, that is sure sexy. I didn't know they made those in .22, althouth I should have suspected it. They make just about everything in .22. Kudos on finding something that sweet in a caliber that cheap...

[Alaskagrown]

I want to get one of those and then have it integrally suppressed or have the barrel cut and the front sight tapped to thread onto the barrel

[Buelligan]

I worked on one for a friend years ago, and it was a BIG p.o.s.

[okie shooter]

For a .22 plinker, that is sure sexy. I didn't know they made those in .22, althouth I should have suspected it. They make just about everything in .22. Kudos on finding something that sweet in a caliber that cheap...These things really have no lintage to a real Luger pistol, they are made by I believe ERMA the same German company that made the copy M1 carbines. They from what I have read been problematic, due to the complexity of the toggle recoil system. Its really complex, but its what folks want from a quazi "Luger" 22.

[Alaskagrown]

The company that makes it is Stoeger... the same company that makes the coach guns

I don't care if it is the hugest pos in the world I want one cuz they look cool and would be even cooler to have on suppressed

[Jagman]

http://images31.fotki.com/v1093/photos/1/139782/2106747/luger_22-vi.jpg

In 1923, Stoeger, Inc. obtained the American patent for the "Luger" name for the import of German-built parabellum pistols into the United States. The 1923 commercial models, in .30 Luger and 9mm, and with barrel lengths from 3 *" to 24" were the first pistols to bear the name "Luger", roll stamped on the right side of the receiver. Stoeger has retained the rights to the "Luger" name. Over the past seven decades, Stoeger imported a number of different handguns under the "Luger" mark including a .380 version, and an Erma-built .22 which only remotely resembled the original design.

I dont think this is an Erma built pistol, they are made in Germany, may be the same or similar but this was made in the USA.
Jagman

[okie shooter]

Looking at those 22's are the toggle bolt parts, stamped like they appear?

Edit: Did a little research on these things, the only ones I had seen were the ERMA's which were imported into the eighties. There is some commentary that at one time stoger did import them but it seems stoeger doesnt sell much of a line, not even selling the US made ones any more in 9mm(at least the only pistol listed is a Beretta pistol, which they are now owned by).

The bain of the stoeger pistols if you look at the construction I imagine, is problems with the toggle "knee" bolt, being stamped steel parts, which alignement is important for function of the pistol. The Erma's use some sort of either die cast or machined parts for the toggle, not sure if its tougher than the stamped steel, but I imagine less prone to bending.

As stated, and I had read also, since Stoeger had the right to mark pistols here as "Luger", they did. Just like there isnt a solid lintage for "Springfield Armory" back to the orginal goverment arsenal, or Frankford arsenal either. Stoeger seems just to be a US marketing arm for Beretta now. (historically they were more of an importing agent over the years)