Chilean Luger Contract...?

Pete Ebbink · 07-30-2002, 10:56 PM

Have been reading in Fred A. Datig's book from 1958 that some DWM contract lugers for Chile were thought to have been in existence...

Does anyone know if such Chilean lugers ever surfaced ?

If yes, what chamber markings were used ?

Thanks in advance for your help...

Pete Ebbink · 09-02-2002, 01:41 PM

Found some follow-up info in John Walter's book, The Luger Book, on page 89 :

" The exploits of DWM in Chile are very poorly documented, although factory records (Datig TLP. p. 71) are said to have shown that the Chileans had adopted the pistol prior to 1906. No genuine pistols have yet been reported, and the Chileans have denied knowledge of the matter. It is possible that some trial guns were supplied from DWM's commerical production, but it is unlikely that these would have borne special marks. If the Parabellum was adopted by the Chileans, and if a quantity of Parabellums came from DWM, they would have borne the national coat of arms (a five-point star on a horizontally divided shiled, supported by a llama and a condor). "Seguro" and "Cargado", "safe" and "loaded" respectively, may have appeared in the safety lever recess and on the extractor. The Chileans adopted the Austro-Hungarian Repetierpistole M 12, or "Steyr-Hahn", in c. 1913. "

07-30-2002, 10:56 PM	#1
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Chilean Luger Contract...? Have been reading in Fred A. Datig's book from 1958 that some DWM contract lugers for Chile were thought to have been in existence... Does anyone know if such Chilean lugers ever surfaced ? If yes, what chamber markings were used ? Thanks in advance for your help...

09-02-2002, 01:41 PM	#2
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Found some follow-up info in John Walter's book, The Luger Book, on page 89 : " The exploits of DWM in Chile are very poorly documented, although factory records (Datig TLP. p. 71) are said to have shown that the Chileans had adopted the pistol prior to 1906. No genuine pistols have yet been reported, and the Chileans have denied knowledge of the matter. It is possible that some trial guns were supplied from DWM's commerical production, but it is unlikely that these would have borne special marks. If the Parabellum was adopted by the Chileans, and if a quantity of Parabellums came from DWM, they would have borne the national coat of arms (a five-point star on a horizontally divided shiled, supported by a llama and a condor). "Seguro" and "Cargado", "safe" and "loaded" respectively, may have appeared in the safety lever recess and on the extractor. The Chileans adopted the Austro-Hungarian Repetierpistole M 12, or "Steyr-Hahn", in c. 1913. "