[quote]Originally posted by Wm. Pete Ebbink:
<strong>Just to clarify my understanding of this thread:
1. Am I corect in understanding that this Baby is not the same Baby as the Wilson/Redmond/Sturgis pistol ? That is, the Wilson/Redmond/Sturgis Baby is a .380/.32 ACP ?
Am I correct in understanding that all 7-shot Baby's have a traditional thumb safety lever while the other baby's (i.e. .380/.32 ACP) have the Borchardt-type safety lever ?
2. Is the Redmond/Sturgis Baby thought to have been the personal pistol of Georg Luger or is it the Baby in Ralph Shattuck's collection...? Or are both thought to have been owned by GL...?
3. How is such "ownership" provenance by Georg, himself, documented and accepted by the luger collecting community?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Pete,
In reference to your various questions:
1) The Baby Luger image which you posted is actually the 7-Shot Prototype likely owned by Georg Luger and made between 1902-06. This pistol should not to be confused with the 'true' Baby Luger made between 1920-26 which has the Borchardt style safety.
2) the Baby Luger in the Redmond/Sturgess collection was not owned by Georg Luger. The original owners of the various Baby Lugers are unknown, however, one could have been owned by the master designer or August Weiss at DWM. However, I cannot confirm this fact.
3) I cannot comment on this question because I have never examined the Georg Luger pistol nor have I seen any documentation about it.
I hope this answers some of your questions.
Albert
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