Auction # 40250081

jimmiej · 11-16-2005, 09:16 AM

On gunbroker this artillery is offered . It has a "9" burned into each grip. Weren't the nines used on the early artillery's to reduce confusion about caliber? Is it common to even correct to find these on a 1917 artillery?

lugerholsterrepair · 11-16-2005, 10:05 AM

jimmiej, It would be interesting to see if the grips are numbered to the pistol....Jerry Burney

George Anderson · 11-16-2005, 10:16 AM

The nines on artillery Lugers are thought to be due to confusion on the company and battalion level that arose from directives addressing the concurrent issue of 9mm Parabellum C96 pistols. Only 1917 dated LP08's so marked are reported.

Big Norm · 11-26-2005, 11:15 PM

JimmyJ,
George is right, but the "Red Nine" grips look so cool on an artillery Luger that, over the years, people put them on other chamber dated years of Lugers. I once bought a 1914 DWM artillery that had repro grips on it. I put a set of "Red Nine" grips on it. Then I found some original grips with "Trench Art" on them and put them on it. That really dressed up that artillery.
Big Norm

11-16-2005, 09:16 AM	#1
jimmiej User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 88 Thanks: 16 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	Auction # 40250081 On gunbroker this artillery is offered . It has a "9" burned into each grip. Weren't the nines used on the early artillery's to reduce confusion about caliber? Is it common to even correct to find these on a 1917 artillery?

11-16-2005, 10:05 AM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,761 Thanks: 4,857 Thanked 3,101 Times in 1,427 Posts	jimmiej, It would be interesting to see if the grips are numbered to the pistol....Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

11-16-2005, 10:16 AM	#3
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,772 Thanked 2,527 Times in 786 Posts	The nines on artillery Lugers are thought to be due to confusion on the company and battalion level that arose from directives addressing the concurrent issue of 9mm Parabellum C96 pistols. Only 1917 dated LP08's so marked are reported.

11-26-2005, 11:15 PM	#4
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	JimmyJ, George is right, but the "Red Nine" grips look so cool on an artillery Luger that, over the years, people put them on other chamber dated years of Lugers. I once bought a 1914 DWM artillery that had repro grips on it. I put a set of "Red Nine" grips on it. Then I found some original grips with "Trench Art" on them and put them on it. That really dressed up that artillery. Big Norm