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    A TALE OF TWO LUGERS

    Aug 08, 2019 5 minutes

    Mention the word ‘Luger’, and most people will automatically think of this handgun being brandished by a jackboot and jodhpur-wearing German officer from the Second World War. But the P.08, also known as the Pistole Parabellum, Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum) or just plain Luger, was a derivation of Georg Luger’s original model that dates back to 1898.

    It’s rightly earned itself a place in history, serving in both world wars as well as numerous other conflicts with multiple foreign users. Some models were even built for the Dutch by Vickers! Airgun shooters have been treated to two different CO2-powered BB-firing variants of this iconic handgun from Umarex, both of which appear in the company’s historic Legends series. One of the models is double action, which Umarex refers to as DAO (Double Action Operation), while the

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