Nice looking Commercial at Cowan's Auction

ithacaartist · 08-04-2017, 06:40 PM

It is indeed 9mm, export marked. I wish I had the clout to bid!

https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/lu...pistol-2700821

cirelaw · 08-04-2017, 09:44 PM

Sweet! TKS

Ron Wood · 08-04-2017, 11:45 PM

Vertical Crown/N. I suspect there is a suffix on the serial number. Unusual in 9mm though.

ithacaartist · 08-05-2017, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Vertical Crown/N. I suspect there is a suffix on the serial number. Unusual in 9mm though.

That's what I figured, not your average bear in 9mm. The suffix is "i"--I asked, and the barrel is serialized to the frame.

Ron, one thing I forgot to ask is exact bbl. length. This one looks like the 3 7/8" in military profile, like the Commercial .30s usually have, right?

Dwight Gruber · 08-05-2017, 04:42 AM

I would want to confirm that the caliber is actually 9mm.

--Dwight

Ron Wood · 08-05-2017, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber

I would want to confirm that the caliber is actually 9mm.

--Dwight

Me too.
Ron

ithacaartist · 08-06-2017, 02:23 AM

I think I have to re-check with that auction guy who responded. Strange answer, he said a 9mm would chamber but a .30 sticks out of the breech an eighth inch. I think he has his data reversed. I'll report back.

ithacaartist · 08-08-2017, 05:49 PM

Notified today that this Luger is being withdrawn from the auction.

In light of previous correspondence, better double-check info about anything at a Cowan's auction!

08-04-2017, 06:40 PM	#1
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,346 Thanks: 7,273 Thanked 2,578 Times in 1,365 Posts	Nice looking Commercial at Cowan's Auction It is indeed 9mm, export marked. I wish I had the clout to bid! https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/lu...pistol-2700821 __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

08-04-2017, 11:45 PM	#3
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: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,178 Times in 1,703 Posts	Vertical Crown/N. I suspect there is a suffix on the serial number. Unusual in 9mm though. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

08-06-2017, 02:23 AM	#7
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,346 Thanks: 7,273 Thanked 2,578 Times in 1,365 Posts	I think I have to re-check with that auction guy who responded. Strange answer, he said a 9mm would chamber but a .30 sticks out of the breech an eighth inch. I think he has his data reversed. I'll report back. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

08-08-2017, 05:49 PM	#8
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,346 Thanks: 7,273 Thanked 2,578 Times in 1,365 Posts	Notified today that this Luger is being withdrawn from the auction. In light of previous correspondence, better double-check info about anything at a Cowan's auction! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

08-04-2017, 09:44 PM	#2
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Sweet! TKS

08-05-2017, 04:42 AM	#5
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,317 Times in 431 Posts	I would want to confirm that the caliber is actually 9mm. --Dwight