I wanna Luger!

Phillip Bromley · 06-16-2009, 09:46 PM

Cool, so do you have any ideas of where I could buy an LP'08?

calibrator · 06-16-2009, 10:20 PM

Hello Phillip, LP08s have not been made since 1918. My LP 08 artillery ( Arty ) is a 1918 DWM. It is a numbers matching, nicely refinished example. The refinishing means that a true collector would put it back on the table. Mine is what they call a "Shooter". I paid $1500 for it and am HAPPY. If you want a collectible quality example double that figure. Google Simpsons LTD Lugers and you will see what high-end retail has to offer ( at least they have a good reputation ). Other than that you just have to get lucky and keep you nose to the ground. Post a Want To Buy on this forum. Read the back threads and learn all you can. People here are very helpful. Good Luck!! Joe

alvin · 06-16-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by calibrator

LP08s have not been made since 1918.

Not very important in this context. But Mauser delivered some commercial Artillery to Persian in 1936. Those are rare.

06-16-2009, 10:21 PM

Phillip, welcome to the forum.

To compare a LP08 to a modern high capacity pistol is not really fair. Sort of an apples to oranges. The ones you will find are very old and a newly manufactured modern firearm will probably outshoot them in the accuracy department. But the Luger has them beat hands down for the cool factor.

You will not find any LP08 being currently manufactured. I think the last one was a special edition manufactured by Mauser in the mid to late 80's. An excellent site with LP08 info is The Artillery Luger by Mauro Baudino. This has the info on the last commeratives by Mauser and the history of this specific pistol. DWM was the primary manufacturer.

If you want a shooter you need to keep an eye out on the for sale forum on this board and Gunboards.com. You can also search for them on Gunbroker.com

The price on these can vary, you can see what retail pricing goes for on the Simpson Ltd site. Good luck in your search.

George Anderson · 06-17-2009, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Phillip Bromley

Cool, so do you have any ideas of where I could buy an LP'08?

Phillip, I have several for sale both with and without stocks. Send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you a list.

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06-16-2009, 09:46 PM	#1
Phillip Bromley New User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cool, so do you have any ideas of where I could buy an LP'08?

06-16-2009, 10:20 PM	#2
calibrator User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cave Creek Posts: 340 Thanks: 67 Thanked 271 Times in 108 Posts	Hello Phillip, LP08s have not been made since 1918. My LP 08 artillery ( Arty ) is a 1918 DWM. It is a numbers matching, nicely refinished example. The refinishing means that a true collector would put it back on the table. Mine is what they call a "Shooter". I paid $1500 for it and am HAPPY. If you want a collectible quality example double that figure. Google Simpsons LTD Lugers and you will see what high-end retail has to offer ( at least they have a good reputation ). Other than that you just have to get lucky and keep you nose to the ground. Post a Want To Buy on this forum. Read the back threads and learn all you can. People here are very helpful. Good Luck!! Joe

06-16-2009, 10:21 PM	#4
Brad Guest Posts: n/a	Phillip, welcome to the forum. To compare a LP08 to a modern high capacity pistol is not really fair. Sort of an apples to oranges. The ones you will find are very old and a newly manufactured modern firearm will probably outshoot them in the accuracy department. But the Luger has them beat hands down for the cool factor. You will not find any LP08 being currently manufactured. I think the last one was a special edition manufactured by Mauser in the mid to late 80's. An excellent site with LP08 info is The Artillery Luger by Mauro Baudino. This has the info on the last commeratives by Mauser and the history of this specific pistol. DWM was the primary manufacturer. If you want a shooter you need to keep an eye out on the for sale forum on this board and Gunboards.com. You can also search for them on Gunbroker.com The price on these can vary, you can see what retail pricing goes for on the Simpson Ltd site. Good luck in your search.