Talk to me about this gun?

alvin · 03-23-2008, 07:41 AM

Highly unlikely being a German trial gun. Those comercial C96s competed with Luger in trial had military acceptance stamp (crown over S) on the right side of the chamber. I assume a trial Luger should have similar military stamp (if not same).... but this one do not.

Looks like 1906 Russian's sibling, but w/o cross Mosin-Nagant crest. John Walter estimated around 1000 seperated numbered commercials, some have M-N crest applied by *dealer*.

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Remotely related, but not directly relevant.... if John Walter is correct, cross M-N applied by dealer, the implications are (1) original M-N crest should have "halo"; and (2) some guns may not have M-N... because the consistency of dealer is not at the same level of DWM.

03-23-2008, 07:41 AM	#2
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Highly unlikely being a German trial gun. Those comercial C96s competed with Luger in trial had military acceptance stamp (crown over S) on the right side of the chamber. I assume a trial Luger should have similar military stamp (if not same).... but this one do not. Looks like 1906 Russian's sibling, but w/o cross Mosin-Nagant crest. John Walter estimated around 1000 seperated numbered commercials, some have M-N crest applied by dealer. ===== Remotely related, but not directly relevant.... if John Walter is correct, cross M-N applied by dealer, the implications are (1) original M-N crest should have "halo"; and (2) some guns may not have M-N... because the consistency of dealer is not at the same level of DWM.