1917 Artillery Luger Id help

lugerholsterrepair · 07-28-2013, 07:42 PM

Gene, Yes! A handsome pistol. Someone has been drilling and beating on your 32 round Bing snail drum I think! The 3 rivets on the short arm of the fold out lever should be rounded top or at least flush. These look very strange..like someone attempted to drill them out? I don't have one near enough to this serial number to compare but none of mine look anywhere near like this.

Yes..as Norm says the leather carrier is a fantasy piece but I can't remember seeing one marked 1916? They areusually another date..14 or 15 I think. At any rate the germans never manufactured these. They used a canvas bag type.

Thantos · 07-28-2013, 08:11 PM

Thanks all for the great responses, yes my father was an amazing collector, he left me some really fine fire arms to add to my collection.

As to the leather case for the drum mag, who would have made it? Are they being made as reproductions and trying to be passed off as real? Or is it possible someone a (soldier) had it made to order? Because this is thing seems very labor intensive and a correct for fit too the mag to just make a fake?

07-28-2013, 07:42 PM	#1
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07-28-2013, 08:11 PM	#2
Thantos User Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks all for the great responses, yes my father was an amazing collector, he left me some really fine fire arms to add to my collection. As to the leather case for the drum mag, who would have made it? Are they being made as reproductions and trying to be passed off as real? Or is it possible someone a (soldier) had it made to order? Because this is thing seems very labor intensive and a correct for fit too the mag to just make a fake?