Circle S

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

About the mystery of S circled Lugers there is an interesting thread dated 2007 in Jan Still Forum.

luger.gunboards.com/showthread.php?10252-Circle-S-Marked-Lugers-Interim-Report

Sergio

The most current update to this topic, including detailed photographs and data table, is found in "Police Lugers" (2012) by Ed Tinker and myself.

--Dwight

[rhuff]

I fear that I would have responded exactly like you did, had they been offered to me. Congrats!!

[SteveM]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

Excelletn buys

that is one of the nicer Circle S (circles) I have seen, many times the circle was stamped more to the left and it looks a bit off

of course the number on the rear is likely a 'rack' or weapons number.

Very nice example and I still am of the opinion that the Circle S is police related, although there are almost as many with out sear or mag safeties.

Ed

I have always wondered about these, the strange thing is it does not have your typical rework stamps that you see on imperal to police conversions. My other 1918 has them, it was previously an artillery though. This one just had the mag/sear safety added. Would this be the correct time period when spandau was repairing weapons?

Originally Posted by rhuff

I fear that I would have responded exactly like you did, had they been offered to me. Congrats!!

Thanks, it was a hard decision to make but how often do you have a couple nice pieces, and at the right price, come your way?