Swiss luger 1906/1920 maybe rework?

Doubs · 04-27-2021, 12:48 PM

The lack of a suffix letter i on your Luger means only that it wasn't one of those imported into Switzerland from that block. In the years following WW1, the Swiss imported ex-military Lugers that were re-barreled in Germany or Switzerland to .30 caliber to be sold on the commercial market. They imported newly made short barrel .30 Lugers that met the conditions of the Versailles Treaty and they imported complete upper and lower sets without barrels to be barreled in Switzerland.

It's noted in Gortz & Sturgess that long frame Lugers with the cross-in-sunburst but without barrels were imported to be barreled and finished in Switzerland. IMO, your Luger is one of those.

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04-27-2021, 12:48 PM	#4
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,750 Thanks: 841 Thanked 1,817 Times in 598 Posts	The lack of a suffix letter i on your Luger means only that it wasn't one of those imported into Switzerland from that block. In the years following WW1, the Swiss imported ex-military Lugers that were re-barreled in Germany or Switzerland to .30 caliber to be sold on the commercial market. They imported newly made short barrel .30 Lugers that met the conditions of the Versailles Treaty and they imported complete upper and lower sets without barrels to be barreled in Switzerland. It's noted in Gortz & Sturgess that long frame Lugers with the cross-in-sunburst but without barrels were imported to be barreled and finished in Switzerland. IMO, your Luger is one of those.