M1906 Russian Luger - The Ending of its Identity

Jasta2 · 11-05-2009, 06:41 PM

What most I know of Lugers comes from my old "Lugers at Random" book.,so I am just a novice here compaired to the rest of this forum so I hope my question is not behind the times. I was reading through my book "Lugers of Ralph Shattuck" today looking for something that caught my attention about the Russian Lugers. On page 20 of his book he list 2 variations of the Russian Luger. A 1900 Model ( of which he states only two are known to exist, one of which he owned) and the 1906 Russian which I take is the hot topic on it's being Russian to start with. The 1900 Russian he has pictured does show the crossed rifles as does the 1906, but the 1900 does not show a marked saftey. Does these two 1900 Russian with Crossed Rifles lend any truth the 1906 Russian story? This may have been addressed in this series of post as I might have missed it. Did these 1900 Russians have anything to do with the Bulgarian debate? Seems much of this debate is based on the Bulgarian script. Was this script of these 1900 Russian Lugers? This is a fantastic forum in which I learn much (along with Jan Still's) and the manner of this topic does great credit to this forum.
Thanks,Bill

11-05-2009, 06:41 PM	#11
Jasta2 User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lakeland, Fl. Posts: 514 Thanks: 349 Thanked 101 Times in 52 Posts	What most I know of Lugers comes from my old "Lugers at Random" book.,so I am just a novice here compaired to the rest of this forum so I hope my question is not behind the times. I was reading through my book "Lugers of Ralph Shattuck" today looking for something that caught my attention about the Russian Lugers. On page 20 of his book he list 2 variations of the Russian Luger. A 1900 Model ( of which he states only two are known to exist, one of which he owned) and the 1906 Russian which I take is the hot topic on it's being Russian to start with. The 1900 Russian he has pictured does show the crossed rifles as does the 1906, but the 1900 does not show a marked saftey. Does these two 1900 Russian with Crossed Rifles lend any truth the 1906 Russian story? This may have been addressed in this series of post as I might have missed it. Did these 1900 Russians have anything to do with the Bulgarian debate? Seems much of this debate is based on the Bulgarian script. Was this script of these 1900 Russian Lugers? This is a fantastic forum in which I learn much (along with Jan Still's) and the manner of this topic does great credit to this forum. Thanks,Bill