Tulsa Gun Show...
 

Looking forward to member's reports about the BIG Tulsa gun show this weekend...and hopefully some great photos...!

What!!! Not one Forum member with a digital camera went to the Tulsa show? Maybe the rumor of the hard floor taking its toll on the feet is scaring members away!

I took a couple of shots of John Eckert's display to include a close up of the 1902 Presentation Carbine. Not real pleased with the pics but Warren Buxton took some studio shots of the carbine that I hope to get copies of. Here is the carbine picture I took. The gun is breathtaking. Has to be one of the top 10 collectable Lugers in existance.

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload...bine_copy1.jpg

Wow!! Thanks for posting the photo, Ron! Isn't this a 1900 carbine? The same one as pictured in Kenyon's Luger, The Multinational Pistol, pages 54-57?

Note the position of the rear sight and the pushbutton stock attachment.

--Dwight

It is a 5-position tangent or "ski-slope" rear sight. On the rear sight, the small depression in front of the sight blade is gold filled! Unlike the smooth pushbutton of the flat board 7" Luger stocks, the presentation carbune stock pushbutton is checkered. Note also that the stock iron is of the early single-screw type. The serial number of the gun is 77.

Ron,

Is that 77 in a reserved range, or is it a standard Commercial number??

--Dwight

Herb,
I really don't know how to date these carbines. It is not the same one that is in Kenyon's TMP (#58), and the barrel configuration is much more like the standard 1902 Carbine. Since it was presented in September of 1902 I think it is safe to call it a 1902 Presentation Carbine.

Dwight,
I think it is not a standard commercial number, the commercial serial number range would be much higher when this piece was presented. It probably is a reserved range, most likely for early tangent sight and presentation pieces.

Hi Ron,
What a superb item!!!
I guess the rear sight similar to this one:


http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/foto6_copy1.jpg



Ciao
Mauro
:typing:

Ron,

Is the stylized chamber marking an "O S " ?

Pete,
Yes it is, and of course it represents Ormond Smith as you undoubtedly deduced from the photo. I apologize for not having more detailed photos of the carbine, but I will try to acquire some as soon as I can.