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Thor · 02-13-2002, 04:10 PM

Pete, I took that picture at Ralph Shattuck's place. HE calls it a baby Luger, but Charles Kenyon calls it a Seven Shot Prototype. This was Georg Luger's personal gun and was a stanard model with a shortened barrel and butt to hold only 7 rounds, using a full size frame. This is a DIFFERENT small Luger from the other BABIES, that were chambered in 32 or 380 ACP, only 4 made. These smaller caliber Lugers were also in small in all dimensions including the frame. These smaller Lugers do use the slider safety lever that blocks the sear. These are also the Lugers that are being produced by Krauswerk (sp) in California. So, in summary, there were two types of BABIES, one with a full size frame (except the butt) and another one, the much smaller Luger. Ralph has the original Georg Luger baby and one of the 4 other babies. ~Thor~

02-13-2002, 04:10 PM	#2
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 971 Times in 277 Posts	Re: Baby Luger Photo Question... Pete, I took that picture at Ralph Shattuck's place. HE calls it a baby Luger, but Charles Kenyon calls it a Seven Shot Prototype. This was Georg Luger's personal gun and was a stanard model with a shortened barrel and butt to hold only 7 rounds, using a full size frame. This is a DIFFERENT small Luger from the other BABIES, that were chambered in 32 or 380 ACP, only 4 made. These smaller caliber Lugers were also in small in all dimensions including the frame. These smaller Lugers do use the slider safety lever that blocks the sear. These are also the Lugers that are being produced by Krauswerk (sp) in California. So, in summary, there were two types of BABIES, one with a full size frame (except the butt) and another one, the much smaller Luger. Ralph has the original Georg Luger baby and one of the 4 other babies. ~Thor~