Luger Timeline - Updated

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber

Tom,

Just to be clear, the timeline which Sheepherder posted is not mine.

--Dwight

Quite correct. Mine is probably full of mistakes, as the books I am using [Datig, Jones, Walter] are all old.

I tried to update my 'timeline', but there are conflicts between books, forums, and Web sources.

Edit: My chart updated constantly...Last update at 10:28pm 14 Feb

Let me take a minute to explain my 'timeline' in post # 8 above...

I was hoping that someone had already listed such a chart...But in correcting my feeble effort, I realized that anything I do is not going to be accepted by the experts anyway, because if a Swiss Luger has a Swiss cross on it, I'm going to call it a Swiss Luger, even though it was made by DWM...Similarly, if it has a Spandau crown & stamp on the toggle, I'll call it a Spandau Luger...

So the years may not match with the established chronology of a certain manufacturers/factories production.

For my purposes, that hasty ID will do until I can inspect the pistol in question more thoroughly and if in doubt, ask someone whose opinion I respect...

I am depending primarily on John Walters' book "The Luger Book" (not to be confused with his other book, "The Luger Story") because it is the latest book I have. Any mistakes are mine in interpretation. I understand that the data in Datig's and Jone's books may be incomplete or inaccurate. Just accept my 'timeline' as a flight of fancy!

I look forward to Dwight's timeline!