Question for Rufe-snow
Rufe, I hate to sound stupid here, but what gun is that in your posts? I own modern guns and feel like I have a pretty good amount of knowledge about the guns I own. I'm guessing it is a 9mm German Luger?? It kind of looks like Bill Ruger may have been inspired by it when he designed the original MKI. Who makes it and in what calibers? What year was it made and are they still being made? Were they used by the Germans in WWII?
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Hello the pistol in R Snows post is a early luger model some time between the model 1898/1899 transition pistol until the prototype model 1902 as the picture shows the "DISHED" type toggle lock . Mr.Luger liked both the looks and feel of this type of grip. when he made his drill that later became the starting point for his great 22 pistol. 0 -
It's know to collectors as a "Test Eagle". 1000 were made in 1901 for the U.S. Army, they were chambered for the 7.65mm Luger Cartridge. Of the original 1000, app. 770 were sold as surplus to Bannerman in 1907. Between 250 & 300 of the original 1000 are know to collectors today. 
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Sorry guys, but Bill Ruger got his idea NOT from the Luger, but from the Nambu Type 14.
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quote:Originally posted by king999
Sorry guys, but Bill Ruger got his idea NOT from the Luger, but from the Nambu Type 14.
Morty
I wonder which design is older the Nambu or the Luger??? [:)] [:)] [:)]0 -
The Nambu and Parabellum are actually contemporaries. The Grandpa Nambu was adopted in 1902 and the Parabellum in 1904.
Without a doubt, Nambu and Luger's work was being done at the same time and without colaboration.
While the Nambu action survived, the Parabellum's toggle action did not (except for some psuedo Parabellum Erma's and Stoeger's).
Stolen from, and with thanks, to Kiwibird0
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