RL Auction - 1900 Swiss

hayhugh · 09-24-2014, 03:15 PM

Proud of my new toy from the Rock Island Auction. 1900 Swiss Contract Luger with all (locking bolt, trigger, grips, everything!) matching numbers. Replaced blued extractor with original strawed extractor. repaired declared loose trigger by putting in missing spring. 1700.00 plus BP and shipping.etc.

Arizona Slim · 09-24-2014, 03:37 PM

It looks like you made a great buy on a very desirable pistol Hugh, congratulations and thanks for posting the photos.

Lon

ithacaartist · 09-24-2014, 05:50 PM

Excellent! Very nice pistol, and you're all set now, having installed the needed un-numbered original parts! Four of my shooters, won also on RIA, came to me a little cheaper because of their issues, half of which were things like grip safety springs. I'd love to have one of these 1900 configuration pistols that's a shooter! I envy your great fortune!

sheepherder · 09-24-2014, 05:55 PM

Very nice!

Be sure to check the firing pin guide - they break or crack and you can't tell until you take it out.

hayhugh · 09-24-2014, 08:41 PM

I striped her all the way down and all looks well. Did not put a loupe on the parts, but with all marked parts, I will not be shooting her anyway! My gunsmith rated the gun at 90%. The strawed extracted I replaced came from the factory unnumbered so no error no foul. The straw on all the parts match. It will take a while for the newness to ware off for me!

mrerick · 09-24-2014, 09:28 PM

Hi Hugh, and congratulations on your Swiss 1900 Luger. These are very nice Lugers, and are particularly precision made.

It's especially nice that yours came with it's holster. The Swiss took very good care of these pistols.

Marc

hayhugh · 09-24-2014, 10:46 PM

Yes the holster was well cared for, don't know how, but has no cracks, nor is it stiff or hard. Must be the leather they used, It is marked: L.G. Walther - Battler Bern - 03 The gun is numbered 1264 so I take it that the gun was made in the same year or before. The gun number is also written in script on the holster flap. There a also a couple of stamp marking inside the flap.

Ron Wood · 09-25-2014, 12:08 AM

Nice early piece! Well done!

Sergio Natali · 09-25-2014, 04:11 AM

Thanks for sharing, lovely collectible, Swiss Lugers are among my favourite, congratulations!

Sergio

09-24-2014, 03:15 PM	#1
hayhugh User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Florida/Penna Posts: 896 Thanks: 857 Thanked 513 Times in 275 Posts	RL Auction - 1900 Swiss Proud of my new toy from the Rock Island Auction. 1900 Swiss Contract Luger with all (locking bolt, trigger, grips, everything!) matching numbers. Replaced blued extractor with original strawed extractor. repaired declared loose trigger by putting in missing spring. 1700.00 plus BP and shipping.etc. Attached Thumbnails

09-24-2014, 05:50 PM	#3
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,347 Thanks: 7,285 Thanked 2,579 Times in 1,366 Posts	Excellent! Very nice pistol, and you're all set now, having installed the needed un-numbered original parts! Four of my shooters, won also on RIA, came to me a little cheaper because of their issues, half of which were things like grip safety springs. I'd love to have one of these 1900 configuration pistols that's a shooter! I envy your great fortune! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

09-24-2014, 05:55 PM	#4
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	Very nice! Be sure to check the firing pin guide - they break or crack and you can't tell until you take it out. __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

09-24-2014, 09:28 PM	#6
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,909 Thanks: 1,374 Thanked 3,110 Times in 1,510 Posts	Hi Hugh, and congratulations on your Swiss 1900 Luger. These are very nice Lugers, and are particularly precision made. It's especially nice that yours came with it's holster. The Swiss took very good care of these pistols. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

09-25-2014, 12:08 AM	#8
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,179 Times in 1,703 Posts	Nice early piece! Well done! __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

09-24-2014, 03:37 PM	#2
Arizona Slim Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 706 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 409 Times in 225 Posts	It looks like you made a great buy on a very desirable pistol Hugh, congratulations and thanks for posting the photos. Lon

09-24-2014, 08:41 PM	#5
hayhugh User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Florida/Penna Posts: 896 Thanks: 857 Thanked 513 Times in 275 Posts	I striped her all the way down and all looks well. Did not put a loupe on the parts, but with all marked parts, I will not be shooting her anyway! My gunsmith rated the gun at 90%. The strawed extracted I replaced came from the factory unnumbered so no error no foul. The straw on all the parts match. It will take a while for the newness to ware off for me!

09-24-2014, 10:46 PM	#7
hayhugh User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Florida/Penna Posts: 896 Thanks: 857 Thanked 513 Times in 275 Posts	Yes the holster was well cared for, don't know how, but has no cracks, nor is it stiff or hard. Must be the leather they used, It is marked: L.G. Walther - Battler Bern - 03 The gun is numbered 1264 so I take it that the gun was made in the same year or before. The gun number is also written in script on the holster flap. There a also a couple of stamp marking inside the flap.

09-25-2014, 04:11 AM	#9
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Thanks for sharing, lovely collectible, Swiss Lugers are among my favourite, congratulations! Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.