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A gun which though ultimately superior to not only it's contemporaries but many future guns being shunned in favor of cheaper, simpler ones that are much easier to produce.
The Luger is one of the earliest and best examples, thus Lugeritis, you see it all the time in movies so it never appears that rare and while it's not exactly rare it there are few enough for it to be a commodity, during the betrayal of the American Soldiers by Colt in Vietnam, soldiers began to abandon their standard issued weapons en mass as the alternative was death, Luger was the most prized pistol for it's rugged dependability, accuracy and low maintenance.
More than 30 years after Lugers were abandoned they were still considered the best pistol on the battlefield.
Ironically the most widely used pistol ammo, 9×19 mm Parabellum, was created for the Luger.
Today the Luger is being produced again for exorbitant fees to willing collectors, but many still use it as a mainstay as even now, over 80 years later as they still function at least on par with modern side arms and are still favored by some over side arms for their action which has no slide.
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