Luger Instruction Book

Dwight Gruber · 11-24-2004, 01:47 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Pete Ebbink:
Odd that some of the pasges are stamped "Furnished With Navy Pistol Only..."...

Does anyone know what this stamping was about...??? Was Tauscher importing Navy Lugers, then...???<hr /></blockquote>Pete,

According to Sam Costanzo's Spy Luger book, Hans Tauscher imported Navy Lugers, with complete stock/holster rigs. Its not specified, but these would have had to have been 1906 Navy Commercials.

Tauscher's records list 118 of these pistols--92 with rig--as "issued" to German agents. No idea of how many additional might have been sold to American citizens.

--Dwight

11-24-2004, 01:47 PM	#12
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Pete Ebbink: <strong>Odd that some of the pasges are stamped "Furnished With Navy Pistol Only..."... Does anyone know what this stamping was about...??? Was Tauscher importing Navy Lugers, then...???</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Pete, According to Sam Costanzo's Spy Luger book, Hans Tauscher imported Navy Lugers, with complete stock/holster rigs. Its not specified, but these would have had to have been 1906 Navy Commercials. Tauscher's records list 118 of these pistols--92 with rig--as "issued" to German agents. No idea of how many additional might have been sold to American citizens. --Dwight

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