Finnish Luger from WWI??

tsellati · 02-26-2006, 02:00 PM

After some digging and web-surfing I now am wondering whether this pistol might have been returned to Finland by "a Finnish volunteer that had travelled to Germany in 1915 - 1916 had received German military training and had been battle-hardened as "Prussian Jaeger Battalion 27" in battles of eastern front". If this is the case then I suspect these WWI Lugers pressed into service during the Winter and Continuation Wars are quite rare. It really is amazing to think of the number of wars this pistol has been used in and survived!!!

I had her at the range the other day and she performed beautifully!

Any idea whether the Finnish Army had specifically manufactured 9mm ammunition for their Parabellums and Lahtis or is it true that many soldiers used the MG 9mm rounds in their pistols!?!

Tim

02-26-2006, 02:00 PM	#2
tsellati User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NY Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	After some digging and web-surfing I now am wondering whether this pistol might have been returned to Finland by "a Finnish volunteer that had travelled to Germany in 1915 - 1916 had received German military training and had been battle-hardened as "Prussian Jaeger Battalion 27" in battles of eastern front". If this is the case then I suspect these WWI Lugers pressed into service during the Winter and Continuation Wars are quite rare. It really is amazing to think of the number of wars this pistol has been used in and survived!!! I had her at the range the other day and she performed beautifully! Any idea whether the Finnish Army had specifically manufactured 9mm ammunition for their Parabellums and Lahtis or is it true that many soldiers used the MG 9mm rounds in their pistols!?! Tim __________________ "Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas?" - Joseph Stalin