Help needed dating luger

alanint · 10-06-2010, 02:02 PM

The information you received from the other forum is correct. I was going to mention the same lack of a stock lug as well as no chamber date. It is one of the earliest issued guns.

Is the toggle being held open by corrosion or is there a "hold open" device keeping it raised as in the photo? There is no clear indication from your right hand side photo that a hold open device was added, which did not come on these early factory guns. The photo is not sharp so the added hold open pin may de there, I just can't see it.

The drilled hole was done by someone other than the factory. There should be no hole in that area at all. Maybe an attempt to "add" a trigger by someone who did not understand how the mechanism works or for display purposes?

BCMike · 10-06-2010, 03:30 PM

Here's where my ignorance shows. By stock lug do you mean a lug as a means of attaching a longer stock at the back?

Although somewhat stiff, the pistol action functions and the toggle will stay up until pulled back and released.

So I understand the pistol is an early one but is the aluminum base magazine later production?

A few more pics:

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10-06-2010, 02:02 PM	#1
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	The information you received from the other forum is correct. I was going to mention the same lack of a stock lug as well as no chamber date. It is one of the earliest issued guns. Is the toggle being held open by corrosion or is there a "hold open" device keeping it raised as in the photo? There is no clear indication from your right hand side photo that a hold open device was added, which did not come on these early factory guns. The photo is not sharp so the added hold open pin may de there, I just can't see it. The drilled hole was done by someone other than the factory. There should be no hole in that area at all. Maybe an attempt to "add" a trigger by someone who did not understand how the mechanism works or for display purposes?

10-06-2010, 03:30 PM	#2
BCMike User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada - A little patch of paradise where the Pacific meets the Coastal Mountains Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Here's where my ignorance shows. By stock lug do you mean a lug as a means of attaching a longer stock at the back? Although somewhat stiff, the pistol action functions and the toggle will stay up until pulled back and released. So I understand the pistol is an early one but is the aluminum base magazine later production? A few more pics: