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10-04-2014, 02:48 PM | #1 |
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1916 Carbine
Got this Luger at a gunshow several years back. Shot it once (shoots very nicely BTW), and put it away in my safe until just a few days ago. I posted some pics on our private NW gun board just to irritate a (friendly) C&R guy and was told this was a carbine and that it was a nice one. I looked around and didn't find much info about carbines but was referred here for more info so here I am. This type of gun- adulterated original- is not my cup of tea. It's 9mm
As far as I can see, all numbers match. Like I said it shoots well. Finish is good. I took off the front HG and there are no numbers anywhere under there. If you need more pics to identify or are just curious, let me know I can take decent closeups. Thanks in advance for any credible info Last edited by eyegun; 10-07-2014 at 04:00 PM. |
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First, congratulations on a beautiful firearm.
This was most likely a gunsmith project, and not produced by the DWM factory as you see it. That said, it's very well done. Marc
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Any idea on what this is worth?
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I have had two 16 inch long barrel luger / carbines and they did not shoot really well / these were those 16 inch long barrel, carbine kits... - sold one as parts and sold the other around $1500? Also have had a long barrel in 30 caliber and it sold for around the same.
Is it 9mm? This looks very nice, I would guess most retailers would want $2500? Usually you can't get that much, but you might be able to? Since its dated and military marked, its obviously something put together, by someone, perhaps by a company after WW1....
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Sorry for the omission, yes it 9mm (updated the OP)
Barrel is 12 3/4" |
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What is the brand on the right side of the rear sight? That may help date its manufacture.
Alan, where does this one stand on the SBR restrictions? dju |
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Is there a compensator attached to the front of the frame under the fore end? Looks like something attaches the fore end with 2 screws?
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It looks like a Micro. It looks like it says Micro.
Have you had the forearm off??? I would be interested to see how it is attached. I was reading Sturgess & Goetz last night and there was an X-ray of a carbine attaching lug which clearly showed a screw holding the carbine forearm lug in position for brazing, the head then milled/ground off...(pg 871)...
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The barrel is too short to attach a stock, it makes it a short barreled rifle unless you can use the C&R regs to substantiate that it is legal...
I notice that the wording has changed in the BATF regs; this section might be what you could use |
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That is not how I envisioned the forearm lug at all...
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This Carbine would NOT be legal to add the stock to since it is a modern rendering that is not historically accurate. Unless it is listed in the C&R book specifically by serial number, (i.e., an individual ATF waiver), this gun is an unregistered SBR.
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