Japanese Nambu, uh, I MEAN LUGER

Bob Tracy · 02-03-2005, 04:39 PM

The magazine was an original Dutch Mag as it has the slot in the spine where the V clip which retained the base on the Dutch mag was placed. The base of the magazine was made from a filed down to fit Nambu base and held with 2 pins through the base and magazine body. The reddish material is hard rubber somewhat like a hardened old rubber eraser. I really had forgotten that the magazine had been modified from a original Dutch one. The characters on the grip translate from top to bottom as the numbers 6 4 2. The side plate while of a different finish does have the letter 17 stamped on the bottom and a very small D stamped inside. The book on Dutch Lugers does not show a KM marking for the brass plate but I have always been led to belive that KM stood for the Dutch Navy. It would be interesting if our friends in Europe might have some info. I bought the Luger in the early 1980's from Ralph, was looking at it as a tie between my Germany and Japanese pistols when I made a display, another one of my dreams that did not blossom as I never had any room to display the collection safely and they remained lock in safes untill I could show them to someone like ED.

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02-03-2005, 04:39 PM	#14
Bob Tracy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 24 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The magazine was an original Dutch Mag as it has the slot in the spine where the V clip which retained the base on the Dutch mag was placed. The base of the magazine was made from a filed down to fit Nambu base and held with 2 pins through the base and magazine body. The reddish material is hard rubber somewhat like a hardened old rubber eraser. I really had forgotten that the magazine had been modified from a original Dutch one. The characters on the grip translate from top to bottom as the numbers 6 4 2. The side plate while of a different finish does have the letter 17 stamped on the bottom and a very small D stamped inside. The book on Dutch Lugers does not show a KM marking for the brass plate but I have always been led to belive that KM stood for the Dutch Navy. It would be interesting if our friends in Europe might have some info. I bought the Luger in the early 1980's from Ralph, was looking at it as a tie between my Germany and Japanese pistols when I made a display, another one of my dreams that did not blossom as I never had any room to display the collection safely and they remained lock in safes untill I could show them to someone like ED.