lunch box luger

Hugo Borchardt · 08-03-2011, 11:16 AM

Pretty rare. Most lugers are not made from recycled old lunch boxes.

Legend has it that Jan Still himself stepped out of his icey Alaskan home one day a few years back and coined the term "lunchbox special".

Enough jokes.

Aaron Davis states in his usually maligned "Standard Catalog" that these lugers come from two sources: the lunchbox/sneaks, and:

"The second was more sinister than simple theft. The restriction on military pistol calibers imposed by the Versailles Treaty created a dilemma for DWM. There was an underground desire for pistols that could only legally be made by Simson. Yet their production was closely monitored. DWM (was) forbidden to make the Luger in 9mm Parabellum. Apparently, DWM either looked the other way, or even outright endorsed the practice as unmarked pistols found their way to users."

No source of this information is mentioned, not that any might exist for such a conspiracy. Comments?

He surmises that several thousand were likely manufactured.

Clark

08-03-2011, 11:16 AM	#3
Hugo Borchardt User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 372 Thanks: 340 Thanked 143 Times in 48 Posts	Pretty rare. Most lugers are not made from recycled old lunch boxes. Legend has it that Jan Still himself stepped out of his icey Alaskan home one day a few years back and coined the term "lunchbox special". Enough jokes. Aaron Davis states in his usually maligned "Standard Catalog" that these lugers come from two sources: the lunchbox/sneaks, and: "The second was more sinister than simple theft. The restriction on military pistol calibers imposed by the Versailles Treaty created a dilemma for DWM. There was an underground desire for pistols that could only legally be made by Simson. Yet their production was closely monitored. DWM (was) forbidden to make the Luger in 9mm Parabellum. Apparently, DWM either looked the other way, or even outright endorsed the practice as unmarked pistols found their way to users." No source of this information is mentioned, not that any might exist for such a conspiracy. Comments? He surmises that several thousand were likely manufactured. Clark __________________ My militaria collection is dedicated to the memory of my Grandfather, Marine Gunnery Sergeant Dave Hill, Jr., wounded in action at The Assault of the Second Marine Division on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, 20-23 November, 1943. http://www.tarawa1943.com/pages/casualties%20tarawa.htm