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Lovely John Martz Custom S/42 Baby Luger Pistol

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Lovely John Martz Custom S/42 Baby Luger Pistol
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serial #1400i (Martz #110), 9mm, 2 7/8'' barrel with a bright excellent bore. This is a fine example of Mr. Martz's renowned custom work on Luger pistols in the famous ''Baby Luger'' configuration with Martz custom short fat barrel and grip frame patterned after the prototypes made by DWM under Georg Luger's supervision. The metal surfaces retain about 99% excellent quality restored rust blue showing a couple tiny handling and operational marks. The small parts retain fine pale straw color, toning to a mild pewter in areas, while the pins and grip screws show nice fire blue. The original Mauser markings and 1936 chamber date remain strong and the left side rail is stamped ''MSTR'' indicating the pistol is equipped with the propriety ''Martz Safe Toggle Release'', an ingenious modification which links the hold open to the safety allowing the toggle to be dropped from the locked-open position by engaging the safety lever. The checkered walnut grips remain in excellent condition with fine grain figure and the pistol includes one Martz-shortened magazine showing circled ''JVM'' stamp on the base and number ''2''. The toggle hold-open, or more likely the magazine, will require some mechanical attention as it is not engaging properly. Testing indicates the magazine might be the culprit as a standard Luger magazine will engage the hold-open. The action otherwise seems to function normally. An excellent and desirable Baby Luger for the advanced collector. (13D11759-11) {MODERN} (8,000/12,000)