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Not sure where to post this one. It's a new one to me and an interesting combination of features:

http://www.gunsamerica.com//93266912...ct-30.htm?wl=1

dju

How do you tell it is a Latvian Contract Luger??? I don't see any 'Latvian' markings...

And "Latvian Contract" implies a military connection...

What is this really???

Expensive?

Datig has an interesting picture of what he calls an 1934/38 Latvian and Swedish Luger on pg 283...

I love the front sight, 4 3/4" barrel, and it is 9mm?...Looks Finnish...

The auction is not what Datig has described...The serial # however, does fall into an order that Datig describes as being ordered by Latvia in 1939 for 150 pistols of "normal P08 specifications"...

Like I said, an interesting collection of features. .30 cal, commercial type markings, Mauser hump, later date, rust blue w/straw parts, etc.
dju

And correct serial & suffix but wrong year??? If I were a suspicious person, I'd say someone did some Datig-searching and found a likely Mauser w/correct serial number and tacked $3,000 onto it...

...But I'm overly paranoid, as some here have pointed out...

Here's my $.02 worth -

Found this in World Of Lugers~

Latvian Lugers was our topic about 8 years ago~~ http://luger.gunboards.com/showthrea...auser-V-Series