[keoki7]

This pistol just came to me from a shop in Maryland where it was the last part of an old collection being sold off. The barrel is eleven inches and it is .30 caibre.

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And finally, what took my breath away...

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[Dwight Gruber]

George,

Very nice gun, thanks for the pics. The c/N proofing pattern is non-standard and the same as the "1920 Parts Carbine" posted on this board recently http://www.gunboards.com/luger/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3914 . It is difficult to tell, but it appears that the stamping dies might even be the same.

It is also interesting to note that the serial number puts this 1906 AE right smack in the middle of the BUG proof range, some 20,000 guns or more before the c/N proof was instituted. One would guess that this Luger was made from a 1906AE which was intended for sale but never delivered to the US, then modified and shipped much later.

--Dwight

 

[Edward Tinker]

Very nice Geo, very nice,


ed

 

[keoki7]

Thanks Ed. Dwight, I believe you are correct, except one must account for the stock lug. About a year ago I sold a 1906 Commercial with stock lug. It's serial number was 27272.

 

[Edward Tinker]

I can probably look up an example on-line, but the post 1920 "carbines", did they have stock lugs?

Geo, looks like a nice birthday present, mine is in October.

Ed

 

[Ron Smith]

Hey Geo, That is nice! Am I still in your will? I'll have Jerry build a holster so it'll be ready. What a great pistol.
I wish I had some rich chickens. Congratulations!!

Ron

 

[Dwight Gruber]

George,

I didn't catch the stock lug, and I retract my speculation. This Luger is within the range of 1906 Navy Commercials, so a stock lug is not puzzling from a production standpoint.

I note that this gun has been reblued, as can be seen by the polished safety area being blued over.

--Dwight

 

[keoki7]

Dwight, I am confident that it was built from parts, renumbered and reblued as were so many of the 20's commercials. The only question in my mind is which side of the Atlantic? The workmanship tells me it was probably over there.

Ron, it came with a holster.

 

[Edward Tinker]

One of Jan Still's books, 3rd Reich I think has an AE that was issued to the police and has a sear safety if memory serves me correct?

I wonder how many AE's were used and stayed in Germany?

And then that begs the question, when was the Eagle placed on the pistol? First, Last or sometime in between. If first, then why was it pulled from shipment, if last, then, it doesn't make as much sense?

Ed

 

[keoki7]

Ed, I believe that the eagle was put on the chamber in Germany when the pistol was assembled in its current configuration in the twenties. We are all familiar with AE guns from this period in a number of different forms.

 

[Edward Tinker]

sorry George, I meant the time frame of putting the gun together, i.e. in building one, wouldn't the roll stamp or however they did them be one of the last items after proofs, etc...

 

[automan1]

Geo
Very nice indeed...and it came with a holster, how lucky can you get! Congratulations.
Bill