Art Buchanan

I disagree on---no collector value. At one time a few years ago I specialized in long bl. 1920s. I never found one dirt cheap and when I sold some they fetched a good price. Part of terms of WW1 treaty limited Luger production. Generally limited beyond needs of their 100,000 man force to produce no larger than cal 30 and no longer than 4" bl. complete Lugers to sell. They could of course make longer barrels in 9mm---just not attach them to Lugers. Many if not most long bl, 1920 commercials had long bl. installed after they got here or at least out of Germany. I have old catalog from 1928 that lists various Lugers for sale. Also listed is a varity of long artillery type barrels and barrels with receivers attached. Most Commercial artillery barrels that I consider original Are stamped Germany. Better yet would be to have crown N proof and germany. I have owned a couple of 2 barrel and receiver sets that had been together since the 1920s. The other possibility is one of the Mentor Arms or Sarco bls. has been installed more recently and an original Erfurt artillery toggle assembly has been installed to eliminate the fixed rear sight. Still a nice set up and collector grade or not it should be worth a few bucks. Lets see--a $400 1920---another $50 at least to trade toggle assy--$275 for the artillery bl then $175 for the sight---well let the reader add it up. A nice Luger hope you enjoy it.