What Luger do I have and is this even a P-08?

ithacaartist · 08-15-2011, 03:26 PM

As suggested above, hardcore collectors rarely, if ever, shoot their collectibles. When one contemplates the subsequent plummeting of their firearm's value, should an original part with a matching number break during use, you might consider ordering up replacement parts which would be most vulnerable, and installing them in your Luger when using it, if you must. Extractor and firing pin are reputed to be most susceptible to damage. Also check to see if the firing pin is grooved, or fluted, on its business end, as this is also a safety issue. It escapes me at the moment whether a 1920 is fluted, but I think maybe not. The grooves are, in part, to allow venting of gas pressure around the pin as opposed to its perfect gas-piston behavior if un-fluted. You may already be familiar with how a pierced primer can affect a gun. Check with Lugerdoc, right here on this forum, or with the various online parts sellers, for these stand-in parts. Also be sure to research the appropriate loads--also here in a forum search.
As you will note, most collectors are quite cranky about shooting Lugers that are as collectible as yours because once damaged, it can never be original again. The more desirable, the crankier we get.
Congratulations on your acquisition!

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08-15-2011, 03:26 PM	#12
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,419 Thanks: 7,605 Thanked 2,671 Times in 1,402 Posts	As suggested above, hardcore collectors rarely, if ever, shoot their collectibles. When one contemplates the subsequent plummeting of their firearm's value, should an original part with a matching number break during use, you might consider ordering up replacement parts which would be most vulnerable, and installing them in your Luger when using it, if you must. Extractor and firing pin are reputed to be most susceptible to damage. Also check to see if the firing pin is grooved, or fluted, on its business end, as this is also a safety issue. It escapes me at the moment whether a 1920 is fluted, but I think maybe not. The grooves are, in part, to allow venting of gas pressure around the pin as opposed to its perfect gas-piston behavior if un-fluted. You may already be familiar with how a pierced primer can affect a gun. Check with Lugerdoc, right here on this forum, or with the various online parts sellers, for these stand-in parts. Also be sure to research the appropriate loads--also here in a forum search. As you will note, most collectors are quite cranky about shooting Lugers that are as collectible as yours because once damaged, it can never be original again. The more desirable, the crankier we get. Congratulations on your acquisition!