How Many Martz Baby Lugers Were Made?

TomJohn · 06-30-2023, 05:52 PM

Ron - Thanks! That is a gorgeous pistol! I'll add it to my list.

TomJohn · 06-30-2023, 06:06 PM

I’m posting the updated information I have acquired so it may help someone else in the future. I found 16 baby lugers that have been auctioned or reported over the last couple of decades and have also identified their production numbers. Here are the production numbers, in sequence:
#1 - yes, one of them was production #1
#2
#22
#30
#53 - mine
#84
#86-7 - I don't know what the hyphenated numbers mean - perhaps a barrel length? More likely, since they are sequential (7-10-11-12), they refer to some change in the
production process?
#87
#105
#122-10
#133-11
#136-12
#139 - engraved
#158
#175
#206
I also came across the information that 7 baby lugers were made in .380. I could not find any information on how many were 9mm and .30 luger. Those were evidently the only calibers made in baby lugers. From the auction listings, 9mm was much more common than 30 luger. The most authoratative source I found on production numbers was from Gun Values by Gun Digest. I'm not sure I'm allowed to post the link here.

mag318 · 11-28-2024, 09:18 PM

Interesting older thread and doing some research tonight I found a reference about the Martz Baby Lugers that state most were chambered in 9mm and only 6 were made in 7.65mm. When Bob Simpson acquired a small collection of I believe 6 or 7 Martz Lugers the Baby sold for around $7000 and never even hit there web site. Since John Martz passed away in 2013 there will be no more of these and they have become very collectable.

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06-30-2023, 05:52 PM	#1
TomJohn User Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Southwest Georgia - been here 48 years. Posts: 12 Thanks: 1 Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts	Ron - Thanks! That is a gorgeous pistol! I'll add it to my list. Last edited by TomJohn; 06-30-2023 at 05:55 PM. Reason: Correcting error

06-30-2023, 06:06 PM	#2
TomJohn User Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Southwest Georgia - been here 48 years. Posts: 12 Thanks: 1 Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts	Updated Martz Baby Luger Production Number List I’m posting the updated information I have acquired so it may help someone else in the future. I found 16 baby lugers that have been auctioned or reported over the last couple of decades and have also identified their production numbers. Here are the production numbers, in sequence: #1 - yes, one of them was production #1 #2 #22 #30 #53 - mine #84 #86-7 - I don't know what the hyphenated numbers mean - perhaps a barrel length? More likely, since they are sequential (7-10-11-12), they refer to some change in the production process? #87 #105 #122-10 #133-11 #136-12 #139 - engraved #158 #175 #206 I also came across the information that 7 baby lugers were made in .380. I could not find any information on how many were 9mm and .30 luger. Those were evidently the only calibers made in baby lugers. From the auction listings, 9mm was much more common than 30 luger. The most authoratative source I found on production numbers was from Gun Values by Gun Digest. I'm not sure I'm allowed to post the link here.

11-28-2024, 09:18 PM	#3
mag318 New User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Interesting older thread and doing some research tonight I found a reference about the Martz Baby Lugers that state most were chambered in 9mm and only 6 were made in 7.65mm. When Bob Simpson acquired a small collection of I believe 6 or 7 Martz Lugers the Baby sold for around $7000 and never even hit there web site. Since John Martz passed away in 2013 there will be no more of these and they have become very collectable.