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Ron Wood · 06-17-2012, 11:10 AM

After looking carefully at your photos, it appears that you have a very nice early 1900 American Eagle with a Type II thumb safety. American Eagle serial numbering started at around #2000 and ran up to nearly #25000 so you can see it is early production. It shows evidence of over cleaning and cold blue touch up but the metal is smooth with no pitting, contours are still pretty sharp and it hasn't been overbuffed. The additonal photos show that there is no issue with the toggle knob as I had originally thought. The grips are of course reproduction, but overall it is a nice example of an early Luger.

im44mag6 · 06-17-2012, 10:00 PM

thx ron that really helps. i had some higher hopes by looking at some of the past sales. lol i think everybody likes to think their guns are special. you should have seen the look on my face when i thought i might have a tester. you would have thought i had hit the lottery. an then when you find out its not. lol what a rush. up an down. oh well. anyways thx for the assessment.

06-17-2012, 11:10 AM	#1
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	After looking carefully at your photos, it appears that you have a very nice early 1900 American Eagle with a Type II thumb safety. American Eagle serial numbering started at around #2000 and ran up to nearly #25000 so you can see it is early production. It shows evidence of over cleaning and cold blue touch up but the metal is smooth with no pitting, contours are still pretty sharp and it hasn't been overbuffed. The additonal photos show that there is no issue with the toggle knob as I had originally thought. The grips are of course reproduction, but overall it is a nice example of an early Luger. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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06-17-2012, 10:00 PM	#2
im44mag6 User Join Date: May 2012 Location: calif. U.S.A. Posts: 11 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thx ron that really helps. i had some higher hopes by looking at some of the past sales. lol i think everybody likes to think their guns are special. you should have seen the look on my face when i thought i might have a tester. you would have thought i had hit the lottery. an then when you find out its not. lol what a rush. up an down. oh well. anyways thx for the assessment.