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12-03-2009, 09:41 PM | #1 |
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30 cal Navy???
I was looking for a good picture of the Crown/M on the Navy's, and saw this one on GB...but it doesn't have a good Crown/M...In fact, it has only one Crown/M, which I thought was odd...It sort of looks like my commercial Crown/N...
http://v2.gunbroker.com/Auction/View...Item=148921515 The rear sight looked strange (to me), too... So...Did the German Navy use 30 cal Lugers??? BTW: This seller has a 1906 Russian Contract Luger, too...which is even stranger, as it has no proof marks that I can see... http://v2.gunbroker.com/Auction/View...Item=148635045 |
12-04-2009, 01:13 AM | #2 |
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I have no idea if it is factory original or not, but it would be classified as a 30 cal. commercial Navy with the correct commercial C/N proofs. Military Navies are 9mm with military C/M acceptance/proofs.
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12-04-2009, 02:17 AM | #3 |
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I am pretty sure that is the Russian that I saw in 2008 at the Louisville show. It has been restored as stated but from what I could tell, it appeared correct and not a fake.
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Would it have had proofs on the receiver that were buffed out when restored, or would it have shipped without any??? He doesn't show the barrel bottom and I don't see any on the sides either... |
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12-04-2009, 08:19 AM | #5 |
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Not sure if anyone noticed that the barrel on the Navy had "GERMANY" stamped on it on the left side. Maybe the barrel was replaced at one time?
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Once again looking at photos....... Side plate looks ground, toggle pin not in the white, looks refinished to me.
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A 1906 Russian does not have proof marks. Although I am sure they were proof tested for quality control purposes, many early Lugers destined for foreign markets, and therefore not subject to German proof laws, do not have proof marks.
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*If* this were to have a Tula Arsenal proof on the barrel, would it be an arrow in a star, or a slash in a triangle??? (Or whatever that little symbol is)... |
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The "slash in a triangle" is actually a slash in a shield shape and is a DWM barrel inspection mark, possibly placed there during production when a barrel was "out of spec" and was corrected or replaced. It has been mistakenly identified as a Tula Arsenal proof by some (PIA to name one). A Tula Arsenal "proof" is a T in a triangle with the top of the T at the apex of the triangle rather than parallel to a side. I believe this indicates repair/rework/refurbish by the Tula Arsenal and I have seen it on at least one 1906 Russian Luger that I considered authentic.
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thanks, Ron! I have seen this marking somewhere; can't recall where, possibly next to that DWM mark on a barrel...So that's their proof mark, hmmm??? I'll have to ask Lugerman if he has that stamp...
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Postino, I still have a few of these NOS "Germany" marked 7.65x150mm barrels with the Navy high front sight base (for use with the Navy 2 position rear sight) in stock @$250 each + S&H. I got these years ago from an heir of the owner of Pacific Arms Corp in Ca. with a lot of other PO8 & C96 parts. TH
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Dear Sir, The Russian pistol has one proof mark on it, This a mark like a shield with a slash diagonally across it. It can be seen in Charles Kenyon Jr's book "Lugers at Random" page 39, item 22. The safety is marked in the Bulgarian cyrillic OLbHb "FIRE". The extractor is marked in Russian "3APAb" cyrillic alphabet. This pistol is pictured very well in "Luger Tips" by Michael Reese II, Page 39. Best regards, xxxx xxxxxxxxxx |
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