1900 Commercial Luger

Michael Zeleny · 09-30-2014, 08:34 PM

1900 Commercial Luger, serial number 4160. Comments and suggestions would be appreciated.

https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/+...02698887295841

nukem556 · 09-30-2014, 09:56 PM

Nice ! not far from mine, #4672

SIGP2101 · 09-30-2014, 10:20 PM

Love it!

Neil Young · 09-30-2014, 10:23 PM

Very nice piece.

Ron Wood · 10-01-2014, 12:32 AM

Michael.
Beautiful example. Lots (relatively speaking) of 1900 American Eagles around but it is difficult to find a 1900 Commercial in the US. It is really interesting to see an overlap in features in these early pieces. I would not expect #4160 to have a Type I thumb safety, and yet I have seen other pieces that late that also have the Type I. My 1900 Commercial is serial number 3453 and it has a Type II as do others with serial numbers lower than yours. Makes it hard to nail down the transition.
Ron

ithacaartist · 10-01-2014, 01:51 AM

An extremely handsome piece of machinery!

hayhugh · 10-01-2014, 06:21 AM

Very nice indeed. I recently joined the 1900 club myself.

Sergio Natali · 10-01-2014, 10:00 AM

Cogratulations, it's really a nice gun, are the grips original? My only doubt is the type of thumb safety on such a high serial number; for instance I've got a commercial Swiss with that sort of safety but has got the s/n 763 (thin button frame 1st series 1st variation)

Sergio

09-30-2014, 08:34 PM	#1
Michael Zeleny Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 525 Thanks: 129 Thanked 139 Times in 76 Posts	1900 Commercial Luger 1900 Commercial Luger, serial number 4160. Comments and suggestions would be appreciated. https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/+...02698887295841 __________________ Michael Zeleny@post.harvard.edu -- http://larvatus.livejournal.com/ -- 7576 Willow Glen Road, Los Angeles, CA 90046 -- 323.363.1860 All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett

10-01-2014, 12:32 AM	#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: 7,034 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,238 Times in 1,718 Posts	Michael. Beautiful example. Lots (relatively speaking) of 1900 American Eagles around but it is difficult to find a 1900 Commercial in the US. It is really interesting to see an overlap in features in these early pieces. I would not expect #4160 to have a Type I thumb safety, and yet I have seen other pieces that late that also have the Type I. My 1900 Commercial is serial number 3453 and it has a Type II as do others with serial numbers lower than yours. Makes it hard to nail down the transition. Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

10-01-2014, 01:51 AM	#6
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,364 Thanks: 7,411 Thanked 2,596 Times in 1,375 Posts	An extremely handsome piece of machinery! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

10-01-2014, 10:00 AM	#8
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Cogratulations, it's really a nice gun, are the grips original? My only doubt is the type of thumb safety on such a high serial number; for instance I've got a commercial Swiss with that sort of safety but has got the s/n 763 (thin button frame 1st series 1st variation) Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

09-30-2014, 09:56 PM	#2
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	Nice ! not far from mine, #4672

09-30-2014, 10:20 PM	#3
SIGP2101 User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 256 Thanks: 74 Thanked 67 Times in 32 Posts	Love it!

09-30-2014, 10:23 PM	#4
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 546 Thanks: 559 Thanked 443 Times in 168 Posts	Very nice piece. __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

10-01-2014, 06:21 AM	#7
hayhugh User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Florida/Penna Posts: 898 Thanks: 868 Thanked 514 Times in 276 Posts	Very nice indeed. I recently joined the 1900 club myself.