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07-08-2026, 07:42 PM
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Lifer
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, GT!
Reposted from the “other Luger forum”, but with just as much heart-felt thanks and appropriate braggadocio as a man can muster…
I want to give a big shout-out to GT. As most of us know, he’s a wizard with magazine repair, performs magic on Chinee repro trommels, and has built more than one shooter for forum members. He’s also a master at refinishing Lugers. Back in March I bought nickel-plated LP.08 from another forum member (thanks, Ed!) Not that I needed another shooter, but the price was almost impossible to pass up. It was a nice 1916 LP.08 with matching numbers. Long story, short, I bought the gun and reached out to GT to see how he felt about tackling a Sisyphean project. With his usual “git ‘r done” aplomb, he took on the task. I got the gun back today, and all I can say is, “WOW!” GT got the remaining nickel stripped off, polished the bits as needed, restrawed the appropriate parts, and reblued the rest. He test fired the gun, fitted new grips, and tossed in a GT-tuned Mec-Gar magazine, to boot. I had to double check the serial number to believe it was the same gun he received back in March. Anyway, here are the before-and-after pics. You be the judge…
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07-08-2026, 08:59 PM
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Wow is right. Very nice looking. Excellent work GT!
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07-09-2026, 08:40 AM
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Gorgeous! That looks like a brand new LP.08. GT never ceases to amaze me with his skills.
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07-09-2026, 09:12 AM
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From an ugly ducking - a real beauty emerges.
G.T. your work is amazing |
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07-09-2026, 02:28 PM
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Lifer 2X
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GT is amazing at anything he does. And on top of that he is a very NICE man. Bill
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Nice work ����❗️
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Today, 09:43 AM
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Lifer
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Refreshing !!!
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