Collecting Luger Pistols

Ron Wood · 11-16-2013, 12:35 PM

An interesting broad brush summary of Lugers and collecting, sort of an "Introduction to Lugers"

. The generalizations are OK but there are a couple of errors. There were 50, not 25, Model 1902 9mm Lugers with the Powell Indicating Device. The Swiss began manufacturing their own Lugers at Bern in 1918...the lable "1924 Bern" has been in common use for a long time and it is totally wrong.

sheepherder · 11-16-2013, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Wood

An interesting broad brush summary of Lugers and collecting, sort of an "Introduction to Lugers"

. The generalizations are OK but there are a couple of errors. There were 50, not 25, Model 1902 9mm Lugers with the Powell Indicating Device. The Swiss began manufacturing their own Lugers at Bern in 1918...the lable "1924 Bern" has been in common use for a long time and it is totally wrong.

"When George Luger invented his automatic pistol..."

Another error...he did not invent it...he refined an existing design...

11-16-2013, 12:35 PM	#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: 7,051 Thanks: 1,119 Thanked 5,286 Times in 1,728 Posts	An interesting broad brush summary of Lugers and collecting, sort of an "Introduction to Lugers" . The generalizations are OK but there are a couple of errors. There were 50, not 25, Model 1902 9mm Lugers with the Powell Indicating Device. The Swiss began manufacturing their own Lugers at Bern in 1918...the lable "1924 Bern" has been in common use for a long time and it is totally wrong. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction