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#320442 07/27/2016 02:53 PM
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I was cleaning up some old photo files, saw this, and thought it might of of interest. Before retiring, I lived in Springfield Virginia. A fun way to kill time on the weekends was to go to Old Town Alexandria and dig through the displays and crates at InterArms on the water front. This piece showed up when they cleaned out their Manchester branch. It's a M1906 Luger Rifle in 7.92mm. It had a 5 shot internal magazine which could be loaded with stripper clips, but drawings exist for a detachable magazine. Less than 10 were produced for German Army tests, but it was not accepted due to jamming caused by poor quality ammunition and a very strong recoil spring which made pulling the toggle difficult. Two originals are known, with a possible third example unconfirmed. Just imagine what WW1 would have been like if it was further developed and issued.

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Ahhhh the memories Vern. InterArms, George Peterson's, and the early Saturday morning Green belt shows. Hope all is well in NC.

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Ahhhh the memories Vern. InterArms, George Peterson's, and the early Saturday morning Green belt shows. Hope all is well in NC.

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And don't forget the quarterly Fort Belvoir shows! All is great here and I'm loving retirement wink


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Closeups of the receiver. I've seen descriptions that describe the lever on the receiver tang as a "safety lever". It's actually a take down lever that releases the trigger guard wink


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hi vern
thank you for posting this rifled luger i never seen any thing like this before and the memories you guys had in alaxanderia va. i was a bklyn n.y. boy when this was going on all i remember is reading about ye ole hunter selling gernman lugers for about 39.99and that was in 1952 to me that was money i would never get at that time i was picking up two cent bottles in the streets of bklyn so i could go to the movies to see flash gordon and emporia ming with two serial features all for 25cents look at nows prices now please remember only one of my gang paid full price and the rest of my gang would get in free when i opened exit door they ran in like thieves in the night great kid memories listen thanks so much for your thoughts and great information have a great day andy militarynut

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Back in the '60s, we met John Richards, owner of "Ye Ole Hunter" on the Alexandria waterfront. Got some great deals from him. We built many a sporterized rifle using K98 Mauser actions. At that time, you could go through the crate and pick them out for $25 each, 5 for $100. Still have a couple hanging around in .243 and .270. SA daggers sold for $50, SS Daggers for $100. Great times wink


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hi vern
yes you had it perfect liveing in verginia but who had money in those days not me but i had dreams of getting those lugers after robbing a bank but i knew right from wrong and it was a great ride in 1962 i brought home 57.00 a week i was at a gun shop on long island he had just bought two full cases of consective numbered 8mm mauser rifles still sealed in woodwn crates from a whare house in europe i asked how much for one 17.00 i then asked if a 2.00 deposit and payment was good he said i will put it in back of store and you pay it off i did money just wasnt there boy in todays day n age its a joke great ride thanks vern for these memories best andy militarynut

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This may be upsetting for some of our collectors. Viewer discretion advised.




This is what we did with K98 rifles back in the 1960s. Turned down the bolt, installed a Scope Safety, adjustable trigger, quick release floor plate, and a Sako .243 Mico-groove barrel. Finish by carving a French Walnut stock with buffalo horn butt and grip caps. Bore sighted for 500 yards, it made a great chuck hunter wink




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Hunters Lodge 1964

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Very nice. Wish someone would hurry up and invent a time machine so we could go back and stock up wink


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$40.00 dollar Luger - still alot of money at that time.

Used to tag along with my father on Saturday morning visit there, see stacks of German uniforms, boots, bayonets

just about anything also all helmets quietly rusting away under the store next to the big guns smile

time machine is right

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Or go back so far as the eve of the last Megaball lottery drawing.

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wink


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Yes I remember those days. I lived in Baltimore county and it was a short drive to Alexandria Virginia and the Interarms Warehouses. I happened to be there on a Saturday when crates of
Dutch and Russian luger's were for sale your pick for $55.00 each. Most were not matching numbers, but we were allowed to
go through them and swap out the parts. The ware house manager was a good friend. Charley Hittle was his name, I wonder if any one remembers him.

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Only person I can recall by name/face was Johnny Richards.

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