Not Too Often...
 

You do not see these for sale too often :

http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...oducts_id=4017

Unbeleivable condtion if original finish. I see It's sold

I had the opportunity to examine that pistol last Sunday.

George,

Could you please tell us about it?

--Dwight

Really hard to find with the original 7.65 barrel. I have one in virtually the same condition but it was rebarreled to 9mm in Bulgaria in 1910 when the Model 1908 Bulgarian became the standard sidearm.

Dwight, I thought it may have been a restoration piece. He had two '02 fat boys that I thought were 100%.

My evaluations must be viewed in consideration that my knowledge of the early commercials is limited.

I saw these guns also. I agree with Geo. Fat guys were *very nice*

Tom A

Looks like a very well done restoration to my humble eye. Note the three linear gouges on the wooden grips that miraculously spared the metal on the adjacent grip strap. But then those Simpson guys are supposed to really know their stuff, so the hefty price tag would seem to support its originality.

I thought the Bulgarians had the Lanyard Loop at the bottom of the backstrap.....

Dave,

Thats only the P-08 Bulgarians.

--Dwight

but then, what do I know?

Thanks for the fill-in, Dwight! I'll get the 1900 AE data to you in a couple of days.

Having sold a couple the 9mm modified M1900 Bulgarians over the years, to a well known Califoria dealer, I have seen them since, restored to minty condition with the proper original 7.65x120mm barrels. Definately an impressive bit of restoration, as the receivers had to have about an eight of an inch of material added to it's front. IMHO, most M1900 Bulgarians are restorations, but when done this well, who cares. TH

Tom, the picture from Simpson's web site shows a short frame. Why would one eighth more metal have to be added to the front of the frame? I could see the necessity of this if you had a model 1900 Bulgarian, but not the 1906 model.

Herb,
Tom did say that he sold 1900 Bulgarians, not 1906 as just sold by Simpson, hence his remark about adding metal to the receiver to restore them. This rather bizarre modification of the 1900 Bulgarian to 9mm involved only machining back the receiver...the frame was left intact in the long configuration. An example of a 1900 Bulgarian so modified is illustrated in Walter's "The Luger Book" on page 87. It can be seen clearly that the rear barrel flange sits inside the frame rails! I would love to see one of the restored pieces to see if I could detect the replacement of the metal on the forward part of the receiver.

Thanks, Ron, for the clarification. If I come across any of the restored 1900 Bulgarians, I'll let you know. I think Tom mentioned that he saw this "modification" out here, I wonder if Mike Krause was involved in any way.

Dr.Herb, No comment. TH