Luger Manufacturers

Kyrie · 06-16-2001, 05:15 PM

Hi Folks,

I can think of a couple of others, or maybe two-and-a-half others.

There is the St. Etienne bicycle works in France. I suspect this facility only assembled Lugers from parts supplied by Germany, but who knows?

And there are the Pathan gun makers located on the Pak/Afghan border who have made some very credible Lugers, complete with German manufacturing and proof marks.

And there is always South-East Asia, where one can find copies of almost *anything*.

Of these two-and-a-half sources for Lugers I think only the Pathans were true manufacturers, at least in the sense of making all the parts they used in assembly. As an aside, there is a (probably) Afghani produced Webley currently being offered on Auction Arms at:

http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?ItemNum=1445421

Best regards,

Kyrie

06-16-2001, 05:15 PM	#6
Kyrie User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 757 Thanks: 0 Thanked 212 Times in 101 Posts	Re: Luger Manufacturers Hi Folks, I can think of a couple of others, or maybe two-and-a-half others. There is the St. Etienne bicycle works in France. I suspect this facility only assembled Lugers from parts supplied by Germany, but who knows? And there are the Pathan gun makers located on the Pak/Afghan border who have made some very credible Lugers, complete with German manufacturing and proof marks. And there is always South-East Asia, where one can find copies of almost anything. Of these two-and-a-half sources for Lugers I think only the Pathans were true manufacturers, at least in the sense of making all the parts they used in assembly. As an aside, there is a (probably) Afghani produced Webley currently being offered on Auction Arms at: http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?ItemNum=1445421 Best regards, Kyrie