1900 Luger

[Kyrie]

Hi Silvano,


Youâ??re very welcome


Permit me to pose some things to consider....


A commercial Luger may have a mismatched trigger for the same reason a military Luger has a mismatched trigger; the original trigger was broken and replaced by the owner here in the US. That trigger appears to be off by only four numbers may be pure appearance - it may be off by more than several thousand numbers. Commercial pistols (including but not limited to Lugers) develop holster wear from being carried in a holster; civilians carry pistols too. Finally, the take down latch with the correct number in an incorrect place may indicate it is a replacement taken from another Luger that just happened to have the same last two digits in its serial number.


Purely in my opinion, there really arenâ??t any questions here. Itâ??s just a mismatched Luger, like so many Lugers. While itâ??s fun to speculate and spin â??what ifsâ?�, the reality is usually pretty commonplace. As example of this, take a look at the pictures of the 1916 Erfurt in the Ownerâ??s Corner under my name. This one has an unmarked 7.65 mm Para barrel, and the mechanical and cosmetic condition of the barrel is consistent with the mechanical and cosmetic condition of the rest of the Luger. While it would be easy to build a line of interesting speculation based on the similar condition of barrel and pistol and conclude the barrel is original, the most likely explanation is someone here in the States swapped the original 9 mm Para barrel for the 7.65 Para barrel for reasons we will never know.


Collectors are frequently their own worst enemy. When a collector really *wants* to believe a Luger is something other than what its physical characteristics indicate he may begin rationalizing away the undesirable characteristics. The degree to which he is successful in convincing himself the pistol isnâ??t what it really is determines how much too much he is going to spend on it


Best regards,


Kyrie