Image Lot Price Description




3307
$8,625.00

*◊ VERY LATE POST WAR ASSEMBLED KRIEGHOFF LUGER. SN 377/378. 4″ 9mm Mauser bbl engraved “9 F 1079” on bottom. The same assembly number appears underneath the right frame rail just behind the bbl. Mauser made breech block and DWM made blank toggle. Krieghoff Eagle/2 proof on right receiver. Post war large digit 378 on front of frame. Large digit 377 on receiver and rear toggle link. Most small parts are unnumbered. Holdopen is mismatched. Checkered black plastic grips with border. Three digit black plastic bottom post war magazine that is numbered on spine but does not match. These guns were assembled after the war from existing parts. Earlier guns were all Krieghoff and are more likely to be matched. The last guns were assembled from mixed parts and are often mismatched like this gun. This gun is featured on p. 622 of Dr. Geoffrey Sturgess’ The Borchardt & Luger Automatic Pistols. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Geoffrey Sturgess. CONDITION: Excellent retaining 95% original blue with parallel wear marks on the front and rear gripstraps. Bore is sharp and shiny. Grips are near mint and sharp. Magazine is very good with some corrosion on the body and faint cracks in the plastic bottom. Mechanics are sound. 4-53000 BWS67 (7,500-12,500)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013
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