Death Head Lugers revisited

Ron Wood · 07-23-2011, 08:06 PM

As I responded to this post over on Jan Still's forum:

Gerben,
The earliest reference, with a photo, to the DH Luger that I know of is the 1958 first revised edition of Fred Datig's "The Luger Pistol". I suspect the discovery and photography of this pistol significantly predates 1958, which throws the 1960s production into a cocked hat. While I am sure I will be accused of having a biased opinion since I own a DH Luger, I feel that you could fertilize you garden with this story of an un-named German gunsmith fabricating these guns for an undisclosed US customer. Last time the story went around it was a US forger making them in his basement. The lofty credentials of Herr Kornmayer notwithstanding, this tale is just as preposterous. The DH Lugers may indeed be fake, but this account is certainly horsefeathers.

07-23-2011, 08:06 PM	#2
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: 7,051 Thanks: 1,120 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	As I responded to this post over on Jan Still's forum: Gerben, The earliest reference, with a photo, to the DH Luger that I know of is the 1958 first revised edition of Fred Datig's "The Luger Pistol". I suspect the discovery and photography of this pistol significantly predates 1958, which throws the 1960s production into a cocked hat. While I am sure I will be accused of having a biased opinion since I own a DH Luger, I feel that you could fertilize you garden with this story of an un-named German gunsmith fabricating these guns for an undisclosed US customer. Last time the story went around it was a US forger making them in his basement. The lofty credentials of Herr Kornmayer notwithstanding, this tale is just as preposterous. The DH Lugers may indeed be fake, but this account is certainly horsefeathers. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction