By top loading I mean that the magazine is inserted through the breach not through the hand grip.
2007-11-03 23:43:03 · 5 answers · asked by tanseypeter 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
No model of the Luger Parabellum pistol was ever designed to be loaded from the top, either with a magazine or a stripper clip, as the 'broomhandle' Mauser pistols, including the C-96 were.
There have been several self-loading pistols that were designed to be loaded this way, including the Mauser, Borschart, and the short-lived, almost unknown Grendel .380ACP (which used M-16 AR-15 stripper clips), but not the Luger pistols.
2007-11-04 00:51:15 · answer #1 · answered by Grizzly II 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really, but there is a reason behind the confusion.
The Borchardt pistol, Has for decades been sometimes incorrectly refered to as the Borchardt-Luger pistol.
Some Borchardts were indeed top-loaded with the use of a stripper clip. Other Borchardts used a magazine inserted from the bottom. The Borchardt and the Luger both utilize a toggle system action, and the shape of the bottom of the grip on The detachable-magazine Borchardts is similar to that of the Luger as well.
Wanna see an (erronously labled) "Borchardt Luger"?
Go to the Security Arms photo archive.
Here's the link:
http://www.securityarms.com
click on the photo archive thing near the middle of the screen, and give the enormous list a few seconds to download.
Then scroll down to "Borchardt Luger", and click on it to view picture.
This is a picture of the detachable mag version I believe, but the top-loading model is similar in appearance.
2007-11-04 11:52:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Perhaps you're thinking of the Mauser C96
2007-11-04 07:30:40 · answer #3 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not that I ever saw.
2007-11-04 06:47:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
NO.*
2007-11-04 10:33:47 · answer #5 · answered by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋