1908 Commercial-Army Luger

Ron Wood · 02-20-2005, 04:10 PM

Luke,

Given that 1908 Commercial Army Lugers have commercial range serial numbers, the most likely scenario is that 1908 commercial Lugers were taken from production and rerouted to military use, then stamped with the triple C/X and the Imperial Eagle.

My 1908 Commercial Army has the holdopen and it is not a retrofit. The gun is nearly mint. The barrel shows a clear halo around the serial number and it has the army test/acceptance proof.

Herb's Luger would not be a reworked 1908 Bulgarian. The 1908 Bulgarian (actually 1911) contract Lugers were manufactured in two distinct serial number blocks, 1-5000 and 1C-5000C.

All contract Lugers (Bulgarian, Russian, Dutch, Brazilian, Portuguese, etc.) came from non-military (i.e. commercial) production and were assigned their individual contract serial number block.

02-20-2005, 04:10 PM	#6
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,119 Thanked 5,286 Times in 1,728 Posts	Luke, Given that 1908 Commercial Army Lugers have commercial range serial numbers, the most likely scenario is that 1908 commercial Lugers were taken from production and rerouted to military use, then stamped with the triple C/X and the Imperial Eagle. My 1908 Commercial Army has the holdopen and it is not a retrofit. The gun is nearly mint. The barrel shows a clear halo around the serial number and it has the army test/acceptance proof. Herb's Luger would not be a reworked 1908 Bulgarian. The 1908 Bulgarian (actually 1911) contract Lugers were manufactured in two distinct serial number blocks, 1-5000 and 1C-5000C. All contract Lugers (Bulgarian, Russian, Dutch, Brazilian, Portuguese, etc.) came from non-military (i.e. commercial) production and were assigned their individual contract serial number block. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction