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Pete Ebbink · 11-02-2005, 11:56 AM

Hi Dean,

I checked my other 5-6 Swiss lugers books and no photo shows this trait that Bobba mentions...

He may be correct that this feature was used transitionally...becoming fully adopted in the 24/29 transitional prototypes and finally in the M1929 model.

As long as the breechblock you are looking at has the last 2 or 3 digits of the serial number stamped along its left side (usually with a little Swiss cross inspection mark), you should be okay...

This may be only a WAG on my part, but it might also be possible that Bobba observed some lugers that were repaired and had M1929 breechblocks arsenal-replaced...maybe misleading him to the conclusion of a "variation" that may not have originally existed. I have no proof of this speculation...but it might account for the somewhat rarity of the plain breechblock appearing on the M1906 W+F Bern model...and the lack of photos in the Swiss luger books.

11-02-2005, 11:56 AM	#2
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hi Dean, I checked my other 5-6 Swiss lugers books and no photo shows this trait that Bobba mentions... He may be correct that this feature was used transitionally...becoming fully adopted in the 24/29 transitional prototypes and finally in the M1929 model. As long as the breechblock you are looking at has the last 2 or 3 digits of the serial number stamped along its left side (usually with a little Swiss cross inspection mark), you should be okay... This may be only a WAG on my part, but it might also be possible that Bobba observed some lugers that were repaired and had M1929 breechblocks arsenal-replaced...maybe misleading him to the conclusion of a "variation" that may not have originally existed. I have no proof of this speculation...but it might account for the somewhat rarity of the plain breechblock appearing on the M1906 W+F Bern model...and the lack of photos in the Swiss luger books.