Help - need ID on this one - maybe Bulgarian?

Ron Wood · 12-15-2009, 01:20 AM

Ditto all of the above. The frame is a 1908 Bulgarian and the grips are Italian repros (which happen to be very good quality grips by the way). The receiver and toggle train may be original to the frame but they have also been scrubbed of any Bulgarian markings. It is beyond restoration. You would probably have to pay 10 times what it is worth to have it authentically restored and it still wouldn't be worth much more than it is now. As to year of "manufacture", probably post 1960s when a bunch of surplus Bulgarian pieces were brought into country and mostly sold off as parts. The parts you mentioned were originally strawed and it would add a nice touch to the appearance if you had them re-strawed (you could even do it yourself). Very nice looking gun and probably a dandy shooter.

12-15-2009, 01:20 AM	#1
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	Ditto all of the above. The frame is a 1908 Bulgarian and the grips are Italian repros (which happen to be very good quality grips by the way). The receiver and toggle train may be original to the frame but they have also been scrubbed of any Bulgarian markings. It is beyond restoration. You would probably have to pay 10 times what it is worth to have it authentically restored and it still wouldn't be worth much more than it is now. As to year of "manufacture", probably post 1960s when a bunch of surplus Bulgarian pieces were brought into country and mostly sold off as parts. The parts you mentioned were originally strawed and it would add a nice touch to the appearance if you had them re-strawed (you could even do it yourself). Very nice looking gun and probably a dandy shooter. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction