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Krieghoff is no stranger to Best Quality guns. Their Essencia is a handmade traditional Best Quality sidelock shotgun built to be the equal of anything made by the best British makers. The Luger is the only pistol worthy of this level of treatment simply because it is the only pistol that has a service life measured in the millions of rounds. This is because it is a miniature pistol version of the Maxim machinegun, the only machinegun design that can fire 10 million rounds and still be good to go. Of course we are talking about regular barrel changes along the way here. The Luger also is one of the designs that works better if precisely fitted. The higher the quality of the fit of the parts, the better it works – just like a Best Quality double. Some designs work best with lots of slop in the parts, while others like just a !ittle and some like everything as tight as possible for the best reliability under all conditions. The Luger is one of the latter.

Krieghoff 1-of-200 Luger, action open. Note the exquisite finish and straw coloring on the trigger and safety.