Swedish Contract Luger?

Mauser720 · 11-08-2007, 10:02 PM

Is there such a thing as a "Swedish contract Luger" like this one?

Price: $1,999.95

This 9mm P08 Luger is a Swedish contract pistol from the year 1938 with a 4.5" barrel. Wood pistol grips still in excellent condition. Blueing is 99%, although some surface marks. Only a few of these were ever made!

It is listed on: www.ioinc.us

Mauser720 - Ron

Steinar · 11-15-2007, 12:22 PM

1938.. highly unlikely

Pete Ebbink · 11-15-2007, 12:34 PM

Hi Ron,

There was a Swedish commercial contract...

Joop over on Jan Still's gun board has posted this research...take a read in section 24 of this thread :

http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8981

John Walter in his "The Luger Book" on page 253 also mentions there may have been a few more Swedish Lugers after the v-series in the w-series with "Kal. 7,65" on the left side of their barrels...

But no one mentions a 1938-dated Swedish Luger...IIRC...

Here is the link to the gun Ron is asking about...

http://ioinc.us/mm5/merchant.mvc?Scr...lectors+Corner

Steinar · 11-15-2007, 03:52 PM

Perhaps the barrel has some markings that makes the seller think it's a Swedish contract?

A Swedish military contract Luger from 1938, just before Hitler turned his mustage against Polen and started ww2.. would rewrite history I think.
A commersial would be a different matter, but the ad does not really say

Pete Ebbink · 11-15-2007, 03:56 PM

Barrel length is a bit odd...maybe Finnish and not Swedish...but the front site is not Finnish...???...

Steinar · 11-15-2007, 04:06 PM

Just read trough Pete's link to Jan Still's forum about the Swedish contract Lugers. I may need to first purchase a hat and then eat it..
Many contries where dancing with the 'enemy' pre ww2, including Norway. Just find it strange that it happend as late as 1938.. Also, the Luger's where not the most modern thing on the shelf at that point

Vlim · 11-15-2007, 04:46 PM

Steinar,

It's not that surprising. Remember the Dutch navy lugers that were ordered but never delivered because the Germans decided to camp in the Netherlands as well. That last batch was rerouted to the Wehrmacht instead.... May, 1940.

Vlim · 11-15-2007, 04:47 PM

Steinar,

It's not that surprising. Remember the Dutch navy lugers that were ordered but never delivered because the Germans decided to camp in the Netherlands as well. That last batch was rerouted to the Wehrmacht instead.... May, 1940.

11-08-2007, 10:02 PM	#1
Mauser720 User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 535 Thanks: 18 Thanked 49 Times in 33 Posts	Swedish Contract Luger? Is there such a thing as a "Swedish contract Luger" like this one? Price: $1,999.95 This 9mm P08 Luger is a Swedish contract pistol from the year 1938 with a 4.5" barrel. Wood pistol grips still in excellent condition. Blueing is 99%, although some surface marks. Only a few of these were ever made! It is listed on: www.ioinc.us Mauser720 - Ron

11-15-2007, 12:22 PM	#2
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	1938.. highly unlikely __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

11-15-2007, 03:52 PM	#4
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	Perhaps the barrel has some markings that makes the seller think it's a Swedish contract? A Swedish military contract Luger from 1938, just before Hitler turned his mustage against Polen and started ww2.. would rewrite history I think. A commersial would be a different matter, but the ad does not really say __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

11-15-2007, 04:06 PM	#6
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	Just read trough Pete's link to Jan Still's forum about the Swedish contract Lugers. I may need to first purchase a hat and then eat it.. Many contries where dancing with the 'enemy' pre ww2, including Norway. Just find it strange that it happend as late as 1938.. Also, the Luger's where not the most modern thing on the shelf at that point __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

11-15-2007, 12:34 PM	#3
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hi Ron, There was a Swedish commercial contract... Joop over on Jan Still's gun board has posted this research...take a read in section 24 of this thread : http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8981 John Walter in his "The Luger Book" on page 253 also mentions there may have been a few more Swedish Lugers after the v-series in the w-series with "Kal. 7,65" on the left side of their barrels... But no one mentions a 1938-dated Swedish Luger...IIRC... Here is the link to the gun Ron is asking about... http://ioinc.us/mm5/merchant.mvc?Scr...lectors+Corner

11-15-2007, 03:56 PM	#5
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Barrel length is a bit odd...maybe Finnish and not Swedish...but the front site is not Finnish...???...

11-15-2007, 04:46 PM	#7
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	Steinar, It's not that surprising. Remember the Dutch navy lugers that were ordered but never delivered because the Germans decided to camp in the Netherlands as well. That last batch was rerouted to the Wehrmacht instead.... May, 1940.

11-15-2007, 04:47 PM	#8
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	Steinar, It's not that surprising. Remember the Dutch navy lugers that were ordered but never delivered because the Germans decided to camp in the Netherlands as well. That last batch was rerouted to the Wehrmacht instead.... May, 1940.