![]() ![]() The Artillery Luger is commonly fitted for a detachable shoulder stock. But he could shoot well with the Luger equipped with a shoulder stock. The Kaiser had a withered arm and could not manage a conventional rifle. Georg Luger had previously created commercial versions of his pistol and amongst them was a long barreled carbine version which became Kaiser Wilhelm’s favourite hunting carbine. The German Navy Luger was ordered with a 6″ barrel and sights graduated out to 100metres. The Artillery model was by no means the first long barreled Luger. A Luger pistol even makes a guest appearance in “The Sound of Music” in the scene where Captain von Trapp disarms the young telegram boy who has joined the Nazis Most people are familiar with standard 4″ barreled Lugers that are ubiquitous in movies about the first and second world wars and very common in the hands of villains in movies of all descriptions. Borchardt was the inventor of the toggle system that Georg Luger employed in creating the pistol that bears his name. Interestingly the inspiration for this pistol came from Hugo Borchardt, a German who had spent time in the United States working for Winchester, Sharps and Colt before returning to his native Germany. A nice example of a German World War I era Artillery Luger.Amongst the various models of Austrian designer Georg Luger’s famous pistol the Artillery model is one of the most iconic and most desirable. ![]() The left grip panel exhibits a repaired chip just behind the safety lever, that was secured back into place with some adhesive. Checkered walnut grips show some smoothing and a few minor nicks to the diamonds. Bore is bright and retains well-defined rifling throughout. Strawed components are in-the-white and have been cleaned and polished at one point in time. CONDITION: Metal components retain the vast majority of their reapplied blue finish, exhibiting a few marks from handling as well as some areas of wear showing through to silvering. All numbers are forced matched, with the exception of the grips which are unnumbered. Barrel measures 8" and is fitted with a 9-position V-notch rear sight. Major metal components exhibit rust blue finish, with the barrel retaining a slightly darker blue finish, and with some smaller components being nitre blued. German imperial eagle is present on the right side of the receiver, left side of the breechblock, as well as on the right side of the barrel. Receiver is marked "1917" over the chamber area, with DWM arsenal proofs on the right. Standard configuration Artillery Luger manufactured by DWM during the Great War for the German Army. ![]()
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