Stamped Take Down Lever

Pete Ebbink · 04-28-2007, 12:41 PM

Hi Mike,

This topic came up recently in a discussion over on Jan Still's Gun Boards as well :

http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11321

A member, named Armin from Germany, indicated he had seen lots of M1906's and even M1900's with un-numbered TD levers and the 2-digit stamping on the trigger side plate upside-down (i.e. top of numbers pointing towards the side of the Luger instead of away from the side of the Luger).

BTW...regarding the P-release date stamping on Swiss Lugers; you will see them in 3 possible configurations :

1. Letter/numbers stamped and then the gun reblued by the Swiss at time of gun release. This will result with "bluing" down in the stampings of the P-date.

2. Letter/number stamped and showing a "halo" effect. This has two possiblities :

a. Halo appears on an original finished gun.

b. Halo appears on a previously refinished gun.

In this case # b, one would need to look for other signs of a refinish to determine if the halo is on an original finished gun or on a arsenal refinished piece.

As the Lugers in CH were in service many years and issued to possibly several, sequential soldiers, the Luger may have been arsenal reworked 1-2 times or more before finally receiving its P-release stamp which would display halo if the gun was in great condition at its time of release from Military use and did not require a refinish.

04-28-2007, 12:41 PM	#3
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hi Mike, This topic came up recently in a discussion over on Jan Still's Gun Boards as well : http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11321 A member, named Armin from Germany, indicated he had seen lots of M1906's and even M1900's with un-numbered TD levers and the 2-digit stamping on the trigger side plate upside-down (i.e. top of numbers pointing towards the side of the Luger instead of away from the side of the Luger). BTW...regarding the P-release date stamping on Swiss Lugers; you will see them in 3 possible configurations : 1. Letter/numbers stamped and then the gun reblued by the Swiss at time of gun release. This will result with "bluing" down in the stampings of the P-date. 2. Letter/number stamped and showing a "halo" effect. This has two possiblities : a. Halo appears on an original finished gun. b. Halo appears on a previously refinished gun. In this case # b, one would need to look for other signs of a refinish to determine if the halo is on an original finished gun or on a arsenal refinished piece. As the Lugers in CH were in service many years and issued to possibly several, sequential soldiers, the Luger may have been arsenal reworked 1-2 times or more before finally receiving its P-release stamp which would display halo if the gun was in great condition at its time of release from Military use and did not require a refinish.