ID'ing new Luger

Lugerdoc · 03-04-2013, 09:10 AM

Vance, You indeed do have a "mystry" pistol. It does not appear to have had markings removed or reblued. Staring with that premius, I would spectulate: That it was originally intended to be an Imperial military PO8, but due to the lack of chamber date and final proofings, was not completed by the end of WW1. Mauser later "inherited" these parts and installed a barrel, test fired and proofed sometime between 1930 and 1940 as a commerical product. As far as I known, not a known variation and may have been a production worker's toy. TH

03-04-2013, 09:10 AM	#7
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Vance, You indeed do have a "mystry" pistol. It does not appear to have had markings removed or reblued. Staring with that premius, I would spectulate: That it was originally intended to be an Imperial military PO8, but due to the lack of chamber date and final proofings, was not completed by the end of WW1. Mauser later "inherited" these parts and installed a barrel, test fired and proofed sometime between 1930 and 1940 as a commerical product. As far as I known, not a known variation and may have been a production worker's toy. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net