Vickers Luger
Hello all,
So, here's the Vickers Luger I picked up from Checkpoint Charlie's. I cleaned off some light rust under the grips (which are numbered to the gun). The gun is numbered as 4524 and the only thing without the matching numbers is the unnumbered barrel (6" barrel).
The brass plate has M.L. M. I. 173 etched onto it.
There looks to be a smallish hole in the front of the grip and yet that had no serious rust on the inside or outside. Very odd and not sure what could have caused it.
I've been trying to track down an affordable copy of the Dutch Lugers book but no dice right now, alas. I'll see if I can get a copy through Interlibrary Loan. The magazine is wooden bottomed, with a repaired bit (left side). 1309 b, I think.
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Michael
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