Luger thread. Bust 'em out.

Erocksmash · Aug 9, 2020

I've wanted one for some time, more over one with some war time markings...

This is a fantastic thread thanks for the shares and knowledge...

I never knew the lugers are striker fired

Drm50 · Aug 9, 2020

I’ve had several mostly 4” in both 9mm & 30 Luger. My Dad wired a house in 1956 for a guy he worked with. He took a Artillery Luger on payment or partial payment, I don’t know details I was 6 at the time. That Luger shot like a rifle.

raljr1 · Aug 9, 2020

I was never a huge fan of the Luger, but am also one to never pass up a decent pistol at a good price. Got this one in July 2018 for $735....It gets attention at the range, that's for sure. I have since put some standard type grips on it.

bdGreen · Aug 9, 2020

Enjoy,

bdGreen

walter o · Aug 9, 2020

pawn shop luger

Mauser 1938 -all matching except mag

BC38 · Aug 10, 2020

I have 3 - sort of.

First is a 1921 DWM in 9mm. It has been nickel plated, but it shoots great. All numbers matching except for the magazine.

Second is a Stoeger 22LR "Luger" that I bought out of nostalgia. I saw them advertised in magazines and wanted one SOOOOO bad as a kid.

The last one is an Erma 7/8 scale 22LR "Luger".

The only one I have pictures of is the 1921.

HOUSTON RICK · Aug 10, 2020

Darn Lugers are as tempting as Browning Hi Powers. Thanks for all the pictures.

TheHobbyist · Aug 11, 2020

Here is a picture, which has been shared before on here. The bore and rifling are shiny, as if new. Very early lower, much later upper. One of these days I suppose I will buy a nicer example but no rush.

j a · Aug 19, 2020

My father's war bring back got away.

My father brought a very nice Luger home from Germany with him. After the war had ended he re-enlisted in the Constabulary Corp and was in Germany until 1947. I assume he had his choice of guns to pick from at that time??? He (I have it still) had the typed orders to bring it home from his CO in Germany, a Colonel, with the guns description and serial number listed. I only remember him taking it out and shooting it one time.
He would periodically take it down from the high shelf it was kept on and clean it at the kitchen table. I would always crowd around the table to watch and ask questions. But my father never gave much info about the gun or his service. He had participated in the Battle of the Bulge and I believe he spent a lifetime trying to forget.
Anyway when I was still in school we hit some hard times and he sold it for $75 if I remember correctly. I knew the guy that bought it but by the time I was in a position financially to try and buy it back the fellow had moved out of state. Long gone now. I would love to have it back in my hands. JA

Tmnguuyen · Aug 22, 2020

A pair of 1937 early and late

i brought this pair to an auction house together with my emperial Lugers and the well known auctioneer and gun historian told me I should keep them if i don't need the money... He said these are keepers...

But i may be needing some $$ soon...

Eltioloco · Jan 27, 2021

Eltioloco said:
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This is the only Luger I own. It was found in the rubble at Berchtesgaden in May of 1945. A friend of the family who was with the 3rd Infantry Division and was part of the liberating force passed it on. I don't know what significance this pistol had to this veteran. There were better battlefield pickups then this around.
Of course I have never and have no intention to fire it. Although the bore isn't that bad and everything works as it should.

Well I sure made a liar out of me! As bad as the finish is on this Luger, the bore and internals are in really fine shape. The parts that were not etched by corrosion are still blue. The bolt face and bore are near perfect. So I took it out and put five rounds through it yesterday. This is off hand at 15 yards, not bad for an 80 year old battlefield pickup!
The second picture is of GI's going through a pile of pistols at Berchtesgaden.
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BC38 · Jan 27, 2021

How could you resist? I know I certainly couldn't as long as it was safe to shoot. I'd be putting a goodly number of rounds through that one. It's not like you have to worry about hurting its value.

CH4 · Jan 27, 2021

Not mine, but a friend’s who let me bust a few caps; a WWII war souvenir brought back by his father. It’s complete with numbered holster and mag(s). Never desired to collect em, but I sure appreciate the level of craftsmanship and machining that went into it.

Kurusu · Jan 27, 2021

Kurusu said:
Ok. I like Lugers. I even compete with them.

But I only have 4.

3 P.08. From 1916, 1938 and 1941(this is the one with the target above).

1 of the "1906 pattern" from the Portuguese Army Contract. This one was made in 1909.

And I now have 6.

Added 2 more P.08 one made in 1912 by the Erfurt arsenal and another made in 1942 by Mauser.

Being made before the artillery Luger appeared in 1914 this one does not have the lug for the shoulder stock.

The one from 1942 Is a Mauser (byf code) and, in spite of having the exact same markings of the German military ones, this one belongs to the Portuguese contract. So Technically it should be called an M943 instead of a P.08. It was reunited with it's original bakelite grips that the previous owner had offered to me a few years ago because he didn't care much for them. They used to be in my 1941(pictured in the quoted post). Not anymore. It came complete with it's holster, tools and spare magazine.

BigBill · Jan 27, 2021

I picked up a Stoeger Luger in 22 lr along with a p1(p38).

Tom C · Jan 27, 2021

Lugers are fun to shoot. The two I have fired were both very accurate, but they both shot very high. The problem for me is, they are now too valuable to modify. John Dewey, back in the '60's did a nice job on Lugers, putting on an 8" barrel and a barrel mounted rear sight. Now I wouldn't dare do that.

tndrfttom · Jan 27, 2021

M-23

Not a Luger fancier but I felt like I had to have one and wanted a .30 cal. This M-23 Finish came along years ago and I’ve managed to hang on to it. The magazines aren’t correct and it’s mismatched but it’s a good shooter.

BC38 · Jan 27, 2021

Tom C said:
Lugers are fun to shoot. The two I have fired were both very accurate, but they both shot very high. The problem for me is, they are now too valuable to modify. John Dewey, back in the '60's did a nice job on Lugers, putting on an 8" barrel and a barrel mounted rear sight. Now I wouldn't dare do that.

Shooting high should be an easy fix, just replace the front sight with on that is slightly taller, and set the unmodified original aside.

Golddollar · Jan 27, 2021

I had a beautiful pre-war Luger with all numbers matching except for the magazine. Unfortunately I lost my job in 2009 and had to sell it. But when I got back on my feet a chromed Luger in a similar condition appeared at the local auction house and I bought it. I always liked shiny guns so everything worked out. I got my shooter and hopefully the gun I had to sell is in a collector's safe.

Buford57 · Jan 27, 2021

1914 Erfurt Artillery

A bring back by my father-in-law, who acquired it in North Africa and carried it in a GI shoulder holster across Europe and for years thereafter until he passed it on to his only daughter.

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