Another Shooter Luger Adventure

[Kyrie]

Originally Posted by George Anderson

The added proofs are Belgian. Nice looking gun.

Thank you, George, for your input. A Belgian nexus would go a long way toward explaining the barrel marking “CAL. 9m/mP P.V”.

The two candidates I had in mind for the unusual proof and “CAL” marking were Belgium, with Spain as a distant second choice. Spain has used “P.V.” as a proof mark, but only up to 1928, and used a “9m/m P” marking (but without the “CAL.” prefix). Spain also used a flaming bomb proof house symbol, but not with a letter in it, and there were and are (to the best of my knowledge) no Spanish proof house markings that use or used a cursive letter.

I like the Belgium connection.

The sear safety is also (at least to me) interesting. It’s shorter in length, more narrow in width, and more sedately attached to the barrel extension than are the sear safeties I’ve seen on German police guns. This Luger was also never modified for a magazine safety – not what I’d expect on a German police Luger.

Anyone out there a collector of Belgian police sidearms? Is this Luger consistent with observed Belgium police sidearms?

In my quest for shooter Lugers I seem to keep tripping over these off-the-wall Lugers. It’s actually quite exciting, at lease for me.