1900 Luger

[bill m]

Hi JP,

I'm not that knowledgeable on the commercial guns, as Mausers are more what I understand. So, if I understand you correctly, No Germany, No Proofs, and the last two digits on the left outside flat of the take-down, do not really mean anything other than it is different from the established test Lugers that are recognized -- 6100 to 7100 range roughly? Is there any actual proof or documentation that there were 2 delivery's with 900 and 100 as stated by Kenyon in the book "Luger, The Multi-Nation Pistol"? He shows a picture of one of these and stated that they are test pieces? I believe he also wrote an article in "Gun Report" on these same ones. The guys that I have visited with have told me that only the test guns were not marked Germany. Is this correct? That was unique to only the test guns in this approximate serial range. Also, the lack of Germany and the unique takedown serial number placement was another unique characteristic only found on the last 100 test pieces. Has anyone seen any that were not marked Germany in the 5000 range and the 8000 range? These are a very controversial patch of Lugers and whether they are actually test pieces will be debated a lot longer until more information is discovered. What do you think?