1916 DWM Luger/Amercian Eagle/P38 & Ammo

Dwight Gruber · 03-26-2004, 10:46 PM

John S,

You are partly right. The 1902 Fat Barrel (in both American Eagle and Commercial), the first production Luger in Cal. 9mm, was an old-model gun and did indeed have dished toggles.

The 1906 American Eagle has a regular checkered toggle surface, and there was a version manufactured in 9mm. It is somewhat rarer than the .30 cal. 1906, Kenyon estimates there were about 3,000 manufactured stamped with the American Eagle. Both models came with a magaazine stamped Cal. 9mm in script along the length of the mag base.

Coffee, it looks, indeed, like this is a 9mm gun. Is this in fact the case and, if so, what is the magazine base marked?

--Dwight

03-26-2004, 10:46 PM	#7
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	John S, You are partly right. The 1902 Fat Barrel (in both American Eagle and Commercial), the first production Luger in Cal. 9mm, was an old-model gun and did indeed have dished toggles. The 1906 American Eagle has a regular checkered toggle surface, and there was a version manufactured in 9mm. It is somewhat rarer than the .30 cal. 1906, Kenyon estimates there were about 3,000 manufactured stamped with the American Eagle. Both models came with a magaazine stamped Cal. 9mm in script along the length of the mag base. Coffee, it looks, indeed, like this is a 9mm gun. Is this in fact the case and, if so, what is the magazine base marked? --Dwight