1910 luger inscription

skeeter4206 · 10-14-2013, 02:08 AM

I was just browsing through some older lugers and noticed a 1910 luger that had the date stamped upside down. Is that a known mistake or a mistake in picture taking. I just wanted to see what everyone else thought of this inscription on the top of the receiver.

http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...ducts_id=26627

Edward Tinker · 10-14-2013, 02:28 AM

I was like, wow, never seen that!

Then realized that the sideplate and safety are on the 'wrong' side, so someone took a picture then flipped it, but not correctly

Sergio Natali · 10-14-2013, 02:58 AM

Nothing wrong with the gun, the photographer just made a mess with his picture.

Zorba · 10-14-2013, 11:49 AM

No, no. You guys have it all wrong. There was a production run where exactly 3 of them were built mirror imaged for LH shooters. Only 1 other is known to still exist.

Ron Wood · 10-14-2013, 12:07 PM

Nah, it wasn't made for LH shooters, it was made for trick shooters to shoot backward over the shoulder using a mirror. I personally witnessed Buffalo Bill shooting a backward Borchardt over his shoulder breaking glass balls thrown into the air by a trained elephant. Great show.

skeeter4206 · 10-15-2013, 01:17 AM

Wow! just noticed that the side plate and safety. That's is interesting picture taking.

John Sabato · 10-15-2013, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Nah, it wasn't made for LH shooters, it was made for trick shooters to shoot backward over the shoulder using a mirror. I personally witnessed Buffalo Bill shooting a backward Borchardt over his shoulder breaking glass balls thrown into the air by a trained elephant. Great show.

Wow were you there too Ron? I was third row center for that show!

Ed Tinker's birthday is today... He was three rows behind me!

10-14-2013, 02:08 AM	#1
skeeter4206 User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 448 Thanks: 52 Thanked 88 Times in 49 Posts	1910 luger inscription I was just browsing through some older lugers and noticed a 1910 luger that had the date stamped upside down. Is that a known mistake or a mistake in picture taking. I just wanted to see what everyone else thought of this inscription on the top of the receiver. http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...ducts_id=26627

10-14-2013, 02:28 AM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,915 Thanks: 1,989 Thanked 4,506 Times in 2,080 Posts	I was like, wow, never seen that! Then realized that the sideplate and safety are on the 'wrong' side, so someone took a picture then flipped it, but not correctly __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

10-14-2013, 02:58 AM	#3
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Nothing wrong with the gun, the photographer just made a mess with his picture. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

10-14-2013, 12:07 PM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,988 Thanks: 1,067 Thanked 5,099 Times in 1,676 Posts	Nah, it wasn't made for LH shooters, it was made for trick shooters to shoot backward over the shoulder using a mirror. I personally witnessed Buffalo Bill shooting a backward Borchardt over his shoulder breaking glass balls thrown into the air by a trained elephant. Great show. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

10-14-2013, 11:49 AM	#4
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 951 Thanks: 776 Thanked 526 Times in 289 Posts	No, no. You guys have it all wrong. There was a production run where exactly 3 of them were built mirror imaged for LH shooters. Only 1 other is known to still exist.

10-15-2013, 01:17 AM	#6
skeeter4206 User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 448 Thanks: 52 Thanked 88 Times in 49 Posts	Wow! just noticed that the side plate and safety. That's is interesting picture taking.