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alvin · 08-16-2013, 08:07 PM

I did not see Chinese marking in photos.

Weird enough, there are indeed some Lugers in Chinese museums and police storage. Even more interesting, quite a few of them are Artillery Lugers with barrel shortened to 4". Originally, I thought those Lugers were carried there by Soviet Red Army in 1945, but the volume is bigger than a few instances, and the location was far away from Russia.... now I guess those guns were exported there in 1920s. Not as many as Mauser. There are instances with broken wood magazine bottom repaired with Nambu parts. The gun blue condition is much lower than this one.

08-16-2013, 08:07 PM	#8
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	I did not see Chinese marking in photos. Weird enough, there are indeed some Lugers in Chinese museums and police storage. Even more interesting, quite a few of them are Artillery Lugers with barrel shortened to 4". Originally, I thought those Lugers were carried there by Soviet Red Army in 1945, but the volume is bigger than a few instances, and the location was far away from Russia.... now I guess those guns were exported there in 1920s. Not as many as Mauser. There are instances with broken wood magazine bottom repaired with Nambu parts. The gun blue condition is much lower than this one.