M1906 Russian Luger - The Ending of its Identity

Imperial Arms · 10-31-2009, 06:29 AM

I suppose that there will be some collectors who will find it difficult to let go of the 'Russian Luger' and they will continue to dig for traces of information 'to keep it on life support' such as trying to determine if the roll-die for the crossed rifles have Russian rifle characteristics - who cares about the make/model of the crossed rifles when the probability that the 'Bulgarian theory' has a 70/30 advantage over the 'Russian theory'? In my rational opinion, I am simply looking at this rifle emblem as one which has very strong connections to the Infantry and it does NOT make this Luger any more 'Russian' than to its likely 'nationality' of another Bulgarian Luger variation. To try and magnify a small emblem on a chamber which has insufficient and inaccurate details is futile. The directions of lines (on the magazine) and the shapes of curves (on the rifle stock) will lead to no where. I do not think that the Bulgarian and Russian officers in those various regiments were ever debating (over some Vodka shots) the type of rifles on the chamber! It is amusing how collectors will 'pile up the chips' in an effort to shift the balance with regards to the markings on this Luger - Bulgarian safety marking, a bilingual extractor marking, so therefore it all rests on the emblem on the chamber to determine if it is more Bulgarian than Russian!

Can somebody tell me if the anchor on the Portuguese Navy Lugers is from a Portuguese, Spanish, German or French ship? Why not carefully examine the curvature and height of the points which could tell us the origin of the anchor?!

Cheers (over four Vodka shots

),
Albert

Ron, you will need a (1911) Bulgarian military manual for your Luger and not a commercial one in Russian language!

Maybe we can now discuss a trade for a very rare manual that will be compatible for another Luger in your collection of which I have a duplicate.

10-31-2009, 06:29 AM	#11
Imperial Arms Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Malta, EU Posts: 579 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	'Russian Luger' on Life Support I suppose that there will be some collectors who will find it difficult to let go of the 'Russian Luger' and they will continue to dig for traces of information 'to keep it on life support' such as trying to determine if the roll-die for the crossed rifles have Russian rifle characteristics - who cares about the make/model of the crossed rifles when the probability that the 'Bulgarian theory' has a 70/30 advantage over the 'Russian theory'? In my rational opinion, I am simply looking at this rifle emblem as one which has very strong connections to the Infantry and it does NOT make this Luger any more 'Russian' than to its likely 'nationality' of another Bulgarian Luger variation. To try and magnify a small emblem on a chamber which has insufficient and inaccurate details is futile. The directions of lines (on the magazine) and the shapes of curves (on the rifle stock) will lead to no where. I do not think that the Bulgarian and Russian officers in those various regiments were ever debating (over some Vodka shots) the type of rifles on the chamber! It is amusing how collectors will 'pile up the chips' in an effort to shift the balance with regards to the markings on this Luger - Bulgarian safety marking, a bilingual extractor marking, so therefore it all rests on the emblem on the chamber to determine if it is more Bulgarian than Russian! Can somebody tell me if the anchor on the Portuguese Navy Lugers is from a Portuguese, Spanish, German or French ship? Why not carefully examine the curvature and height of the points which could tell us the origin of the anchor?! Cheers (over four Vodka shots ), Albert Ron, you will need a (1911) Bulgarian military manual for your Luger and not a commercial one in Russian language! Maybe we can now discuss a trade for a very rare manual that will be compatible for another Luger in your collection of which I have a duplicate.