Оружие самообороны на Facebook. The Rare Luger 08 in .45 ACP
15.04.2013, 18:26
Оружие самообороны Timeline Photos "Colt
1855 Model 6 Side Hammer Root Pocket Revolver"Manufactured in 1864, the
root revolver was the only solid frame percussion revolver that Colt
manufactured. The top, breech end of the barrel is marked with the two
line New York address, the matching serial number is marked on the
bottom of the barrel, cylinder and on the butt and the cylinder is roll
engraved with stagecoach holdup scene as well as "COLTS PATENT / No
8713". Brass pin front and frame notch rear sights, blue finish with
casehardened loading lever, trigger and hammer, and fitted with smooth
one piece varnished walnut grips. http://www.facebook.com/GunsAmmoBlades
Оружие самообороны Timeline Photos "The Rare Luger 08 in .45 ACP"
Million Dollar Luger. I've been working with Greg Martin Auctions
shooting images for their catalogs. This 45 ACPLuger was made for the
1907 U.S. test trials It's going up for auction on March 14th in Anaheim
CA. "Internally serial numbered 2, .45 ACP cal., 4-3/4” barrel, blue
finish, checkered walnut grips. Safety is unmarked, extractor is marked
"Loaded”. Chamber and toggle top are unmarked. Rear link behind sight is
marked in a stylized cursive stamped monogram "GL” for Georg Luger.
Internal serialization consists of the numeral "2” to the bottom edge of
the sideplate as well as to the left side of the grip safety beneath
the grip. The magazine is of the wraparound welded type with
nickel-plated body, its walnut base is neatly stamped ‘21’. Serial
number "2” is the much-touted "Million Dollar Pistol” and is considered
the most desirable semi-automatic pistol ever produced. Mentioned in
numerous publications with provenance dating back more than a century,
as well as in movies and television documentaries alike, this pistol has
gained legendary status like no other modern firearm. Many experts
speculate as to the exact number of pistols produced but most conclude
that there were three. We believe it to be either three or four, each
one personally supervised in its construction by Georg Luger, and
probably consisting of a prototype with two for the U.S. tests trials of
1907 and at least one pistol retained by the factory. The whereabouts
of the prototype, if one was actually produced, is unknown. Serial
number "1” is surmised to have been the one in which sal ammoniac
(ammonium chloride solution) was sprayed over the entire pistol for five
minutes than having been left outside to dry for an additional 22
hours. This pistol was then required to fire 14 rounds with a new
magazine, subsequently each round ended up having to be fed and actioned
by hand. This was but one of many destructive tests used to determine
reliability. This pistol, if ever discovered, would certainly be in
rough shape, much like that of known Colt 1909 test pistol number "7”.
Serial number "3" is retained by the R.W. Norton Gallery in Shreveport
Louisiana, and has a commercial German proofmark causing experts to
speculate that it may have been the reserve pistol retained by the
factory in Germany and then proofed and sold after WWI at a time when
all of Germany, and especially arms manufacturers like DWM, were
strapped for cash, not unlike the disposition of some of the Model 1907
Savage trial pistols. Offered here at auction for the first time is the
famed number "2” pistol used as the back up sample in the 1907 U.S. Test
Trials "as retained for examination”. The story of the trials is nicely
spelled out in a number of publications but none so succinctly as in
Edward Scott Meadows, U.S. Military Automatic Pistol 1894-1920 pp
364-389 and more specifically pp 381-387. Historical Background: The
U.S. Military conducted Test Trials on the early automatic pistol
designs starting in 1894. In the following years several designs were
submitted for tests. Early on, the U.S. Board of Ordnance was impressed
enough with the design that in 1901 they purchased approx. 1000 Luger
pistols in 7.65mm cal. for extensive Field Trials. The Luger passed all
of the stringent tests but was rejected due to its small caliber. Fifty
more pistols were submitted in 9mm cal. for Trials in 1904 but again the
caliber was deemed unacceptable as too small. The U.S. Board of
Ordnance had been greatly influenced by the insufficient stopping power
of the .38 cal. cartridge as proven in the Moro Campaigns in the
Philippine Insurrection. In late 1906 the near final Test Trials were
postponed until early 1907 to gain time for the re-design of the Luger
pistol to use the required .45 cal. cartridge. Georg Luger, who was an
American by birth, devoted an incredible amount of time in this
re-design, as the adoption of the Luger pistol by his native country
would have been a great honor. After the successful Trials in 1907, the
U.S. Ordnance Dept. ordered 200 Luger pistols in .45 ACP for extended
Test Trials. Early in 1908 the management of DWM in Germany decided that
future participation in the U.S. Trials was futile and refused the
order and withdrew from the Trials. They realized that no matter how
well the Luger pistols had preformed in the Tests, a foreign-produced
pistol would not be accepted. The rest, as they say, is history. John
Browning’s Model 1910-1911 design for Colt beat the Savage design in the
final Trials and the Colt Model of 1911 became the U.S. Military’s
official sidearm where it was in service for almost 70 years.
Provenance: The DWM Model 1907 U.S. Military Test Trial Luger, Serial
no. 2, reportedly first appeared in the 1950s and was the centerpiece of
the famous Sidney Aberman collection. The pistol was sold in 1989 and
has been in private collections since." http://www.facebook.com/GunsAmmoBlades
