Auction Arms #6541649

Ron Wood · 03-20-2005, 11:02 AM

It is a kind of interesting piece. It is the second American Eagle Luger I have encountered that has the circle B marking on the bottom of the barrel flange. Both are within 300 serial numbers of each other. The circle B mark is what identifies a Brazilian contract Luger, so I have no idea why it would show up on an American Eagle. I wild guess would be that the barrels are production over-runs of replacement barrels for the Brazilian contract. Use of production over-runs for American Eagles appears to have been a common, or at least a not unknown, practice for DWM. The first run of early 1900 American Eagle Lugers (approximately 100 pieces) had barrels marked with the Swiss Federal cross.

03-20-2005, 11:02 AM	#10
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: 1,119 Thanked 5,286 Times in 1,728 Posts	It is a kind of interesting piece. It is the second American Eagle Luger I have encountered that has the circle B marking on the bottom of the barrel flange. Both are within 300 serial numbers of each other. The circle B mark is what identifies a Brazilian contract Luger, so I have no idea why it would show up on an American Eagle. I wild guess would be that the barrels are production over-runs of replacement barrels for the Brazilian contract. Use of production over-runs for American Eagles appears to have been a common, or at least a not unknown, practice for DWM. The first run of early 1900 American Eagle Lugers (approximately 100 pieces) had barrels marked with the Swiss Federal cross. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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