Gun for $ 1 million

Firearms lovers are familiar with the brand Luger, but only collectors know that the rarest of them is estimated at one million U.S. dollars. The gun Luger, aka gun - parabens, is a semi-model patented by Georg Luger in 1898. The weapon was first produced in 1900 by German arms firm DWM. Initially, the gun is designed to use 7.65 x 22 mm cartridges parabens. After test firings in 1906 by the U.S. Army asked assault rifle with a larger caliber. Present DWM Luger, adapted to use bullets 45th-caliber Colt automatic pistol (.45 ACP). He became the most expensive personal weapons in the world. Cartridges 0.45 ACP, which are considered among the most successful in the history of firearms, were created a year earlier than U.S. gunsmith John Browning. Since then they are used in a wide range of weapons. Their success is partly due to the fact that often do not penetrate beyond the original purpose, which protects people behind it. Furthermore, due to reach close to the speed of sound when fired from guns or handguns semi-automatic weapons, Colt bullets 45th-caliber is one of the most powerful in the world. Provided by the U.S. Army to test two guns Luger .45 ACP has reserved one - serial number 2. The other is supposed to have been destroyed after any damage during trial firings. For unknown reasons, the arms firm DWM withdrew after the first round of testing. At least three Luger .45 ACP were produced, one of the weapons was a rifle with the serial number 21. Recent evidence most expensive gun in the world is estimated at over $ 1 million.