"LUGER P.08 VOL. 1" GERMAN WW1 WEIMAR BORCHARDT P-04 LP-08 PISTOL REFERENCE BOOK

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The iconic Luger pistol had its roots in the C93 Borchardt, the first commercially viable self-loading (automatic) pistol. Hugo Borchardt refused to make changes to the design, leading its manufacturer and the owner of the patents, DWM, to task employee Georg Luger with making the necessary improvements. Luger did away with the awkward flat leaf spring assembly and vertical grip of the Borchardt, kept the short recoil toggle action, and gave it an angled grip. The resulting "Pistole Parabellum" was one of the most successful handguns ever produced, with some 3 million Lugers made from 1900-1945, and adopted by militaries from the hardy Swiss to the powerful German forces in both world wars. Early, pre-WW2 Lugers have been of great interest to collectors for decades, leading Luc Guillou and George Machtelinckx to write a compact yet comprehensive reference book on the subject in 2019. This "LUGER P.08 VOL. 1" GERMAN WW1 WEIMAR BORCHARDT P-04 LP-08 PISTOL REFERENCE BOOK is in near mint, unread condition, with only some light scattered storage wear evident (most pictured). Otherwise, the book is in near mint shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it boasts elegantly illustrated hardcovers, and sports 80 pages full of descriptive text, period pictures, and color photographs of C93 Borchardts, Borchardt-Luger transitionals, 1902 "cartridge counter" models, early Luger pistol-carbines with wooden forestocks and detachable butts, P-04 German Navy Lugers, lP.08 "lange" Artillery Lugers with long barrels, tangent sights, and snail drum mags, German Army P.08s, Lugers for Swiss, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Bolivian, Russian, and Dutch contracts, Simson & Co. of Suhl Lugers of the Weimar Republic, excellent details on grips, finishes, proof marks, crests, serial numbers, leather ammo pouches and holsters, disassembly and reassembly, and much more. A beautiful example of a "LUGER P.08 VOL. 1" GERMAN WW1 WEIMAR BORCHARDT P-04 LP-08 PISTOL REFERENCE BOOK. Now celebrating over 20 years on eBay. Bid with confidence and please view our other great military, aviation, and sporting classics, including a German WW2 MWC LUFTWAFFE PILOT B-UHR AUTOMATIC WRIST WATCH in MINT, unworn, new in the box condition, sporting a crisp 60 minute/12 hour (outer/inner) white numbers black dial, and featuring the classic big "onion" crown and sweeping seconds hand with hacking function.
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