Other Borchardt-Luger Pistols...?

Ron Wood · 02-01-2003, 03:27 PM

Lugers 1 thru 4 would have been of 1898 or earlier construction. The one in Jones' book is an 1899 or variant thereof. It has the square toggle link hinge of the very early pre-production Lugers, and does not have the removable frame plate, reinforced toggle and top pivoting safety of numbers 5 & 6. It has no serial number or other markings except the inscription on the forward toggle link.

The whereabouts of 1 thru 4 is unknown. Very likely they were hand built prototypes and could well have been returned to the tool room for further modification/experimentation (just as number 6) and eventually scrapped. BUT, if any of them turns up, and is authentic, it would be a significant collecting event.

02-01-2003, 03:27 PM	#3
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: 7,051 Thanks: 1,120 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	Lugers 1 thru 4 would have been of 1898 or earlier construction. The one in Jones' book is an 1899 or variant thereof. It has the square toggle link hinge of the very early pre-production Lugers, and does not have the removable frame plate, reinforced toggle and top pivoting safety of numbers 5 & 6. It has no serial number or other markings except the inscription on the forward toggle link. The whereabouts of 1 thru 4 is unknown. Very likely they were hand built prototypes and could well have been returned to the tool room for further modification/experimentation (just as number 6) and eventually scrapped. BUT, if any of them turns up, and is authentic, it would be a significant collecting event. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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