The Luger, more correctly known as the Parabellum-Pistole, is a semi-automatic pistol design patented by Georg Luger in 1898 and manufactured by DWM (Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken Aktien-Gesellschaft) in 1900. Originally designed for 7.65x22mm Parabellum cartridges, US Army trials in 1906 demanded a semi-automatic pistol with a larger caliber. DWM’s submission, a Luger adapted to .45 ACP rounds, has since become the most expensive handgun in the world.
The .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, one of the most successful cartridges ever, was designed only a year earlier by American firearms designer John Browning. It has been used in a wide variety of firearms since, owing part of its success to the fact that it isn’t prone to overpenetration and is, therefore, less likely to injure anyone standing behind the original target. Additionally, due to its inherent subsonic nature when fired from handguns or short-barreled submachine guns, it is one of the most powerful pistol calibers able to be suppressed.
Of the two .45 ACP Lugers submitted to the US Army, only one, marked serial number 2, is known to have survived. Serial number 1 is assumed to have been discarded, possibly damaged after the initial trial. For unknown reasons, DWM withdrew from the trials after the first round of tests. At least three more of the .45 ACP Lugers were made, one a carbine bearing serial number 21.
Most recently, the world’s most expensive handguns have been valued in excess of $1 million.
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are you sure that this gun is the most expensive handgun in the world?
i used that gun in CoD
^ no you didnt jancok, the standard luger was 9mm not .45
Guns for the police and military only.
is it available in pakistan ….at what cost
it was on CoD
so exactly how much does this cost
no is not i have a 9mm
i would like to own one of them
its the same kind of gun jack ruby use to kill lee harved oswald
isnt it?
once i killed a dinosaur with this gun but in the process i died three times
i have a 9mm and a 7.65mm
I have this gun..im saling it for exchange I phone that munis friend have chori kiya sorry id nt knw english of chori kiya please Givme money..ive badshah in exchange..Thanku i love marvi
its not the same gun that was used to kill oswald, the gun was a .38 colt cobra revolver.
MY COUSIN HAVE LIKE THIS HANDGUN ….
This is the .45 luger #2 given to the U.S. before world war one
its not the most expensive gun the colt deranger that was made for the sultan of turkey is.
dude some guys had sum gold and silver plus they had dimonds