Swiss Luger Accessories?

Michael Zeleny · 09-09-2012, 03:33 PM

Are these authentic?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Luger-5-Piec...-/310427561252

The cleaning kit and the front sight pusher look good to me, whereas the fine tune sight adjuster and pin punch are often reproduced. What about the cleaning rod?

Neil Young · 09-09-2012, 04:33 PM

I don't know Michael, but did the Swiss need the fine tune sight adjuster? Did they ever buy artillery models?

Neil

Ron Wood · 09-09-2012, 04:41 PM

The seller is pretty well known for offering well made reproductions. The brass cleaning kit is undoubtedly authentic but they are relatively plentiful. The front sight pusher probably is a repro but can't say for sure. The cleaning rod is a police style and also probably a repro but in any event it isn't Swiss. As Niel noted, the Swiss didn't have LP08s and the pocket sight adjusting tool and pin punch are nearly always repros.

Michael Zeleny · 09-09-2012, 06:24 PM

Ron, have you seen any reproductions of the Swiss front sight pusher? I paid through the nose for an authentic item sold by Kessler, and my Swiss sources claim that its likes cannot be found for love or money.

Ron Wood · 09-09-2012, 06:39 PM

Yes, I have seen a bogus Swiss pusher. It had the Federal cross stamp but was made for a 9mm. Either it was the rarest Swiss tool, not many Swiss 9mms, or it was fake...I would opt for the latter.

09-09-2012, 03:33 PM	#1
Michael Zeleny Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 525 Thanks: 129 Thanked 138 Times in 76 Posts	Swiss Luger Accessories? Are these authentic? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Luger-5-Piec...-/310427561252 The cleaning kit and the front sight pusher look good to me, whereas the fine tune sight adjuster and pin punch are often reproduced. What about the cleaning rod? __________________ Michael Zeleny@post.harvard.edu -- http://larvatus.livejournal.com/ -- 7576 Willow Glen Road, Los Angeles, CA 90046 -- 323.363.1860 All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett

09-09-2012, 04:33 PM	#2
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 540 Thanks: 546 Thanked 438 Times in 165 Posts	I don't know Michael, but did the Swiss need the fine tune sight adjuster? Did they ever buy artillery models? Neil __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

09-09-2012, 04:41 PM	#3
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: 6,988 Thanks: 1,067 Thanked 5,098 Times in 1,676 Posts	The seller is pretty well known for offering well made reproductions. The brass cleaning kit is undoubtedly authentic but they are relatively plentiful. The front sight pusher probably is a repro but can't say for sure. The cleaning rod is a police style and also probably a repro but in any event it isn't Swiss. As Niel noted, the Swiss didn't have LP08s and the pocket sight adjusting tool and pin punch are nearly always repros. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

09-09-2012, 06:24 PM	#4
Michael Zeleny Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 525 Thanks: 129 Thanked 138 Times in 76 Posts	Ron, have you seen any reproductions of the Swiss front sight pusher? I paid through the nose for an authentic item sold by Kessler, and my Swiss sources claim that its likes cannot be found for love or money. __________________ Michael Zeleny@post.harvard.edu -- http://larvatus.livejournal.com/ -- 7576 Willow Glen Road, Los Angeles, CA 90046 -- 323.363.1860 All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett

09-09-2012, 06:39 PM	#5
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: 6,988 Thanks: 1,067 Thanked 5,098 Times in 1,676 Posts	Yes, I have seen a bogus Swiss pusher. It had the Federal cross stamp but was made for a 9mm. Either it was the rarest Swiss tool, not many Swiss 9mms, or it was fake...I would opt for the latter. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction