The swiss and americans were not the only ones to test the model 1900 for in 1903 and 1904 at rosenburg, sweden, extensive government trials found the luger pistol and the model 1903 browning in the semifinals. Price new from used from paperback, 1976 please retry paperback. Dwm supplied pistols to the us military trials at the beginning of the 20th century with the eagle over the chamber. The trials what is now known as the famous pistol trials of 1907 might have been known as the trials of 1906 if it hadnt been for numerous delays in army scheduling and difficulties with the ammunition. The exciting part is that five new serial numbers have been added to the traditional range 61007100. This is of course gratifying for me as it adds examples and discussions of one of my favorite topics. It does not have germany on it, dwm on the toggle, last two digits on the parts and the flaming bomb mark is in the. Luger brought 746 rounds of this new ammunition to the march 1907 trials with his.
This book was written to first give a clear comprehension of the object and its background, but also to propose the demanding reader a true piece of technical art. A beautiful book covering all aspects of russian firearms both military and commercial from 1808 to date. Functions like 1906 model but in 45acp description. Beginning in 1900, the army began to acquire test quantities of commercial pistols for field testing and evaluation. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The serbian, king carolos i, the 1900 bulgarian and russian in addition to the south american nations were presented with samples of the 1900 luger for testing and trials. The toggles are dished and feature the early toggle lock. The 18991900 swiss test pistols were made for the swiss military to test and evaluate. After internal trials in a number of prototype luger pistols, the new round, the 9mm parabellum, made its. This is a solid representative example of an original 1900 dwm american eagle test luger as developed and sold to the u. Specific characteristics of the 1st test lugers are. Chambered for the 7,65mm parabellum, the 1900 american eagle pistol has a 434 barrel.
Although the swedish report favored the browning it noted that the swiss were issuing the luger to mounted troops. See michael reese iii, 1900 luger us test trials, for information on these one of one thousand us military test guns. New manufacture luger 45 acp it will be shipping with 2 magazines and one set of grips. In april 1900 the ordnance board authorized an order for 1,000 dwm model 1900 luger pistols, which were delivered in two separate lots. Try prime books go search en hello, sign in account. Stewarts military antiques 1900 luger book, us test.
According to everything i have read about the test lugers the serial numbers end at 7500. Every gun nerd i hate the term gun nut needs to own a luger at some point in their journey of firearm study. The luger on the photo is a model 1900, impossible to be a copy of the later p 08. Us 1907 pistol trials report october 30, 2015 ian mccollum uncategorized 16 i have a couple videos coming up on pistols from the trials that eventually led to the adoption of the 1911, so today is a refresher from a couple years back when i. Luger p08 pistol 2 the pistole parabellum 1908 or parabellumpistole pistol parabellum, popularly1 known as the luger, is a togglelocked recoiloperated semiautomatic pistol. Ones almost identical to this were issued for test trials to the u. Authored and signed by noted russian small arms designer mikhail drugunov. Documents detailing tauscher stating that lugers would be shipped in two separate shipments of 500 each. Grennell and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. There seems to be a recent uptick in interest for the model 1900 u. Kussledistpistolo wikipedias luger pistol as translated.
It bears a grip safety and the magazine bottom is made of wood. Pictorial hardcover published without a dust jacket. A copy of the book,signed by the author and numbered to this gun is included with this lot. Cavalry troops involved in police actions in the philippines and cuba.
In essence the us army undertook to test the luger for acceptance as a service pistol from 1901 until 1907. Our french printed book on the luger pistol you will find the index of the book here. As discussed on pages 2731 of fred datigs swiss variations, research from switzerland indicates that the a suffix swiss pistols were originally e prefix swiss guns from a range of e588 to e735, which were renumbered. Michael reese ii in 1977 wrote one of the first books on the american eagle test series of guns in his book 1900 luger u. Luger 45 us army trial luger 1907 reproduction of dwm. In the approximately 4 years since the publication of jans central powers pistols the number of reported surviving examples in appendix a of his book has grown. The complete book of the pistols and revolvers of germany, 1869 to the present by ian hogg click.
The swiss army was the first to adopt this model as their regular side arm. The p08 was ultimately produced in a 4 barrel version and is known as the army model. This is an incredible example of a scarce dwm model 1900 american eagle test luger that was purchased in august 1901 by the u. This particular luger with the early type ii thumb safety and very early dwm proof marks was brought to the united states before the test trial guns, more than likely as a. It is easily recognized by its cutout toggle buttons. I have a question about a rock island arsenal holster stamped e. I have performed research at various archives and obtained documents that provide additional information on these tests and that provides corrections and new information on the test pieces and their ultimate disposition. The serial number range of the 50 additional 9mm luger pistols was 2240022450. Price of one book shipping included surface shipping paypal. Time for an annual update to the list of reported surviving examples of model 1900 american eagle lugers with u. Luger 1900 luger 1900 long luger 1902 luger carbine transitionnal luger luger naval luger 1908 p08 luger artillery producers map dwm luger erfurt luger mauser. This is due in a large part to collaboration with dwight gruber and comparing his list with mine he got some new serial numbers.
The luger i have seems to comply with all the characteristics of the test guns except for the serial number. You will find in our luger section, some illustrations drawn from the book which includes some 600 color drawings and 120 pictures. Luger 1900 luger 1900 long luger 1902 luger carbine transitionnal luger luger naval luger 1908 p08 luger artillery producers map dwm. Letter recording hans tauscher presentation of luger and recommendation that the luger be submitted for testing. As one of the premier rare book sites on the internet, alibris has thousands of rare books, first editions, and signed books available. But tests had to be conducted and trials had to be held to determine the best pistol. Originally scheduled to begin on september 12, 1906, schedule conflicts with those appointed to the board caused a delay until october 29. The more you know about the luger models you are pursuing, the more confidence, success and fun you will have in your collecting.