Swiss Gunsmith Acceptance Mark

[Ron Wood]

I have been reviewing Bobba in an attempt to identify your Luger. It appears that it may be one of the small lot of 1906 Commercial Swiss. Apparently there were not many of these guns produced and their production was mixed in with other commercial and contract production of that period, so there is no definitive serial number “block” or range exclusive to these guns. The 26161 serial number would certainly support the post 1906 timeframe. The horizontal Crown/N receiver proof is correct for a Model 1906 produced after 1912 (which fits in with your observation about the "G" receiver marking), and it was originally produced and proofed in Germany, not returned for later proofing. It obviously has been reworked and rebarreled by, at this point, an unknown gunsmith…possibly a subcontractor to Flukiger or one of his workmen. These guns were reworked/produced for Swiss civilian shooting sports.

I have not discovered any way to positively identify a Hammerli produced barrel, but the thick flange on your gun is certainly typical of some of their known pieces.