M1906 Russian Luger - The Ending of its Identity

drbuster · 10-30-2009, 11:02 AM

Albert, thanks for taking the time to post your well written and researched history lesson and attempting to assign the 1906 "Russian" luger to a "Bulgarian" variant with strong Russian connections. In my view, this is all a matter of semantics. True, it is likely that there never existed a formal Czarist Russian luger contract, nevertheless these lugers appear to be genuine (except, of course, for the documented fakes!) and whether they were "official" or just made available for Bulgarian officers to purchase, along with their Russian comrades, makes little difference to me, a century later. I have no trouble viewing these crossed rifle marked DWM pieces as Bulgarian-Russian, rather than purely Russian. Your treatise should stimulate much further discussion. Thanks again, Albert, for your efforts and putting forth your theory.....after all, it COULD be absolutely true!

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10-30-2009, 11:02 AM	#10
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Albert, thanks for taking the time to post your well written and researched history lesson and attempting to assign the 1906 "Russian" luger to a "Bulgarian" variant with strong Russian connections. In my view, this is all a matter of semantics. True, it is likely that there never existed a formal Czarist Russian luger contract, nevertheless these lugers appear to be genuine (except, of course, for the documented fakes!) and whether they were "official" or just made available for Bulgarian officers to purchase, along with their Russian comrades, makes little difference to me, a century later. I have no trouble viewing these crossed rifle marked DWM pieces as Bulgarian-Russian, rather than purely Russian. Your treatise should stimulate much further discussion. Thanks again, Albert, for your efforts and putting forth your theory.....after all, it COULD be absolutely true!