...By the way...it seems to be a "'parts gun". Barrell ser# 3267 (e or l?), frame ser# 8791a, mag ser# 5893 (e or l?), Erfurt "Crown" toggle with "91" stamped in 3 places. "10" stamped on side plate.
Anyway, nice shooter in good condition that will stay in the family like it has for the past 70 years or so!
The story goes that my Dad's cousin and their Grandpa were walking along a river in Idaho in the 1930s. Young Cousin Bob saw a rattlesnake, and Grandpa went in to get this Luger. Grandpa shot the head off the rattler, and Cousin Bob was amazed at Grandpa's skill. Grandpa humbley dismissed his skill and said that, "...rattlesnakes strike at heat, I shot close enough for it to strike at the bullet, which took it's head off."
An engineer-gunsmith/friend of my Dad had heard stories like that before and said that it might be possible, given the slow bullet and the rapid striking ability of the snake...legend, myth, or fact? Cool story, whatever the reality!
Rob
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