</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">This Luger is a 1906 Dutch Luger with a "Real" story behind it. Very rare 1906 Dutch Luger. Only 4000 made. Extensive pitting on gun. This weapon was just obtained from a Vet who took it off the body of a dead Jap on the island of Saipan. The gun was in the Jap's hand and had one round in the chamber and one round in the clip. The gentlemen in question was badly decomposed when found. The Vet did not even want to reach down to remove the weapon from his hand, so he placed a shoe string on the gun barrel to pull the gun out of his hand. Upon doing this, the trigger finger came along with the gun! - he placed the finger in a jar, as a souvenir. I received the jar, with the finger, along with the gun but I felt uncomfortable with having it around, so I gave it a proper burial in my back yard. Quite a story and quite a rare gun. I have fired this one myself, just for the history of it. All match but take down lever and clip. Questions will be answered via e-mail. C&R or FFL required. According to Datig's book, "The Luger Pistol", 4000 Lugers were capatured by the Japanese and used by them. This has to be one of them.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">For a Dutch gun with a plate still on it, not a baaaad price, I think still high for the pitting, but think $600 would walk it out the door? :D

at this auction:
http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/Vie...p?Item=7387414

(deleted 'cause Ed beat me to it!)

--Dwight

Ed (Mustang66),
I am somewhat skeptical of the Dead Japanese Soldier Story who died with a loaded gun in his hand.
If that is true I can see why he died, The gun was loaded with one round in the chamber and one in the magazine and appears to have the safety lever on safe position. (there is little or no rust in the area that a "safe weapons" safety lever would cover)
I cannot buy the story that a Soldier Died with a partially empty weapon on safe.
"In my opinion" the weapon was left for quite a long time wrapped in wet rags.
Even oily rags were not able to protect a weapon in the Jungles on the Tropical Islands of the South Pacific.
I think that some of our "Anzac" or "Zelander" Friends will back me up on that.
ViggoG