gjamison
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I just got this today, It came with a holster and 2 mags with matching serial numbers. I looked in the blue book but couldn't find anything. Please help, any and all info would be great or where to find it...
Can someone help me ID this pistol.
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Duke426
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Jager pistol made in Germany around 1914 or so. Manufactured by Suhl and featured extensive use of stamped parts. Probably in caliber .32acp. Several thousand (est. 5500-6000) procured for use by the German govt. That is about all I could find on the net. Just Google "Jager Pistol." Hope this helps.
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You might also Google "Jaeger" pistol. The Umlaut (two dots) over the "a" take the place of an "e" after the "a." (Crazy German thing... when translated, the "e" sometimes appears and sometimes doesn't.) Searching with the "e" will also return some sites with information about Franz Jaeger, the inventor.
I have a book titled "Pistols of the World" by Ian Hogg and John Weeks, mine is the revised edition, that has a brief article on it. There is a picture of it also with a second picture showing the front strap, trigger guard, trigger etc, pulled down from the rest of the firearm. The pin at the bottom front of the grips acts as a hinge. It appears as though the raised area near the muzzle is used to pull it open, but this isn't a gunsmithing book and doesn't go into detail about pins or screws that need to be removed first.
They did note that the highest serial number noted at the time was in the 5500 range, so yours is probably a very late production piece.
They did note that the highest serial number noted at the time was in the 5500 range, so yours is probably a very late production piece.
I believe the crown over N proof mark denoted a civilian weapon. At least it apperas on commerisel .30 caliber Lugers.
Jaeger was a German gunsmith, the father of Paul Jaeger, of Jenkinstown, PA, also a very fine gunsmith. At the start of WW I, Germany decreed that the production fo sporting weapons had to stop. To keep his company going, Jaeger designed the pistol, made mostly of stampings. Most of them went to the German army. Production did not continue after WW I, I think. That prong on the magazine floorplate is to aid in disassembly.
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what would be the value of the gun. going to be selling it soon.
Alpo
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That style of crown (the style of crown helps to date it) over an N is a pre-1939 smokeless powder proof (N for Nitro).
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On the German pistols does the N stand for "Nitro" or Nurnburg (Nuremburg in German)?
I don't believe your Jager has the military acceptance stamp on it. According to my books it would be stamped near the serial number. The Imperial german army in WW1 procured about 3,000. There are some manufacturing number variances given. Some say 6,000 others say 12,000. The Jager is mostly made of sheet metal stampings, kind of pioneering for the time period, we think of stamped built firearms from starting at the WW2 time frame. The example you have is collector grade. I would not fire it at all for chance of breaking a part that is almost non-existent to replace. There is not many of these changing hands everyday and with the holster and spare magazine it increases the Value, wich is harder to assign. The Blue book value on these in my opinion is a little low. Also in my opinion the spare magazine alone could fetch a couple hundred or so. I would not split anything up however.
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Thanks for all the input on this pistol. I will be taking it to Ohio in a week for the OGCA show, I'm still not sure if I want to sell it and at what price, I'm sure there will be people there that know more then i do about it. thanks again...
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