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pajh · 01-27-2003, 10:52 PM

Having recently come into the procession of a Luger type pistol, I found your site and am impressed. The discussions seem forthright and informative.
I would like to impose upon your wisdom. I don't even know the correct caliber of my pistol.

It came to me from the small gun collection of my father-in-law who died in 1995. I do not know how long he had the Luger. His collection was not sophisticated and I suspect that the value of this pistol to him was the unique form and action. Based on my reading of past messages on your site, I believe this pistol is a replica model rather than an original Luger. Description is as follows:

Housed in wooden box with extra mag., cleaning rod and mag. loading slide tool.
Label in box lid reads: American Eagle, LUGER, A.F.Stoager, Inc., New York

The pistol color is all black, with barrel length just over 3 1/8th ins.
Regular Luger silhouette except that the toggle knob is more forward than in pictured models that I have seen on lugerforum.
Markings:
Top: crest of Am. Eagle
Right: A.F.Stoeger, Inc., New York (2 lines)

Left: LUGER, and SAFE under thumb safety.
Underside of barrel: STOEGER IND, S, HACKENSACK, NJ, U.S.A.
Front of chamber: C0545

The magazine has a white plastic slide, bottom plug is black matte plastic.
The magazines are exactly as pictured at ammoclip.com under Stoeger Luger .22LR, 10 round.

Thanks for considering my curiosity. I am intrigued by this pistol, want to fire it a few times, but mostly am enjoying the seeking of the story.

01-27-2003, 10:52 PM	#1
pajh New User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Not garbage to me. Having recently come into the procession of a Luger type pistol, I found your site and am impressed. The discussions seem forthright and informative. I would like to impose upon your wisdom. I don't even know the correct caliber of my pistol. It came to me from the small gun collection of my father-in-law who died in 1995. I do not know how long he had the Luger. His collection was not sophisticated and I suspect that the value of this pistol to him was the unique form and action. Based on my reading of past messages on your site, I believe this pistol is a replica model rather than an original Luger. Description is as follows: Housed in wooden box with extra mag., cleaning rod and mag. loading slide tool. Label in box lid reads: American Eagle, LUGER, A.F.Stoager, Inc., New York The pistol color is all black, with barrel length just over 3 1/8th ins. Regular Luger silhouette except that the toggle knob is more forward than in pictured models that I have seen on lugerforum. Markings: Top: crest of Am. Eagle Right: A.F.Stoeger, Inc., New York (2 lines) Left: LUGER, and SAFE under thumb safety. Underside of barrel: STOEGER IND, S, HACKENSACK, NJ, U.S.A. Front of chamber: C0545 The magazine has a white plastic slide, bottom plug is black matte plastic. The magazines are exactly as pictured at ammoclip.com under Stoeger Luger .22LR, 10 round. Thanks for considering my curiosity. I am intrigued by this pistol, want to fire it a few times, but mostly am enjoying the seeking of the story.