Collectors - have a favorite?

Vlim · 05-09-2006, 07:10 AM

Hi,

My favorite will always be my 1906 Dutch KNIL. Although it's stricktly speaking a mismatched gun, all parts are KNIL and the state it was in when I bought it was the state in which it left Indonesia.

Over here, you can own a few guns for sports shooting, and as the luger is one of the best military pistols for MP-competitions, I set out to find one.

I found a small gun shop near The Hague that hat a luger for sale, a small image on the shop website got me interested. The picture was not very good, but I could make out a brass square on the pistol's side, as well as the grip safety. I called and asked about the luger. He said it wasn't an all-matching pistol and that it was not very expensive. I asked if it was a Dutch contract and he answered that he didn't know.

Got in the car, checked out the pistol and bought it immediately for 400 Euros. It came with two correct, slightly later, unnumbered commercial magazines.

I do shoot it regularly and it's one of the most accurate guns I have.

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05-09-2006, 07:10 AM	#7
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, My favorite will always be my 1906 Dutch KNIL. Although it's stricktly speaking a mismatched gun, all parts are KNIL and the state it was in when I bought it was the state in which it left Indonesia. Over here, you can own a few guns for sports shooting, and as the luger is one of the best military pistols for MP-competitions, I set out to find one. I found a small gun shop near The Hague that hat a luger for sale, a small image on the shop website got me interested. The picture was not very good, but I could make out a brass square on the pistol's side, as well as the grip safety. I called and asked about the luger. He said it wasn't an all-matching pistol and that it was not very expensive. I asked if it was a Dutch contract and he answered that he didn't know. Got in the car, checked out the pistol and bought it immediately for 400 Euros. It came with two correct, slightly later, unnumbered commercial magazines. I do shoot it regularly and it's one of the most accurate guns I have.