Model 1900 Luger

[Ron Wood]

Janne,

Your description of your Luger raises some fascinating possibilities, given the serial number range of the gun.

The Dutch trials of 1899/1900 included a Luger with a non-standard barrel length, probably 155-160mm, and was fitted with a shoulder stock. No serial number or surviving example of this Luger has been found, only the description in the trials report.

From the 1905 Dutch trials, at least two surviving prototype examples of 1900 Lugers modified to incorporate a coil mainspring and eliminate the grip safety are known: serial numbers 10127B and 10130B. These serial numbers are a bit higher than your 10006 and include the â??Bâ?� suffix, but they do not have a stock lug as yours does, so the possibility exists that your Luger may be a variation of the Dutch prototypes.

Since you state that in your Luger the â??Leaf main spring was replaced with later P08s main spring with some tiny modificationâ?�, and â??Grip safety was cut off and modified for safety catch new wayâ?�, it sounds very much like the modifications made for the 1905 Dutch prototypes. Do the modifications to your Luger look like the work of a professional gunsmith?

We all will be very interested in the photos of your Luger when you can provide them!!!