Austrian Lugers
 

I was asked to write an article on Lugers at the time I was researching my acquisition of this referenced Vienna proofed pistol. I was able to find fragments of information regarding post war Lugers in my references sited at the end of the article. The article came together nicely.

This article is in the recent publication of the online "Arms Heritage Magazine, Volume 6, Number 4." The magazine editor changed my information reference from (letter: page) to (number: page) only in the Further Reading section

Dick,
thanks for posting the link. A copy will go into my collection of luger "data".

Great reading, Dick. Thank you!

Eric

Hi Dick,
Thanks for posting the link to your well researched and informative article. The post war Lugers produced when the Mauser factory was under French control have interested me for some time. I own #380, one of the early guns that didn't wind up in Austria. It's as well made and finished as any of the Lugers, commercial or military, produced by Mauser before the French occupation.
Regards, Norm

BH is for Bundeswehr ? or Bundesheer?

Bundesheer

Dick, thanks for your research and excellent article on this rare variation.

Marc

Ron,
thanks, that's what I thought; but the article calls the Austrian Army the Bundeswehr.:confused:

The correct word is Bundesheer. I humbly apologize, I made a spelling mistake and repeated it throughout the article. I did make reference to the Federal or Austrian Army many places where Bundesheer should have been.

I also regret using the reference “Parabellum P.08” at the start of the article. As we know the P.08 was adopted in 1908. I should have referred to the pistols as 1900 Parabellums or excluded the date.
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I hope my mistakes did not ruin the article for anyone.

No sweat Dick...been there, done that. If you never have made a mistake in writing an article, then you probably never have written an article. :)

Dick,
just wanted to clarify, still a great, informative article.

I made lots of errors, typos, and mistakes in writing the T99 Arisaka book, I caught a lot of them; but still find one occasionally. Once you read it the way you "meant" it to be, one can never find even the obvious error- or at least I can't.

Proof readers and editors don't help much on technical points- as they just don't know the difference! ;)

I do not read or speak German. I used the wrong word for the Austrian application of the BH property mark. The proper word is Bundesheer which translates to the Federal Army. The translation for Bundeswehr is the Armed Forces

Hello Norme : always your's ??
I own one mag sn 380 for it .

Dick, nice, informative article that makes great reading for us new guys. Thanks for your contribution and for sharing.

Mighty interesting article. Thank you for sharing.

It is so easy to mess up - you can re-read the article, have it checked by friends and a mistake comes through.

Excellent article, well done Dick

Ed

Interesting article, I just bought a Mauser marked P08, with Bundesheer markings, which I believe was manufactured during the short period of French occupation and supervision of the Mauserwerkes production for their own needs,
stay safe
Richard

Hi Patrice,
I just noticed this post of yours from last year, believe it or not I was biking in Provence at the time! Would #380 be for sale by any chance?
Best regards, Norm

Is it this one ?

Hi,

Nice article .

Our " Bundesheer " used other lugers also, I have a 1936 mauser
with the BH mark on it .

But there are also 1911, HSC, PP , PPk , FN HP , Radom ......
with this mark around. After WW 2 when the Bundesheer was
formed , there where a lot of different handguns used , until
1980 when the " Pistole 80 " was introduced to be the new
handgun of the " Austrian Bundesheer " .

regards

Otto