New member with 1914 Luger 9mm

[DavidJayUden]

Bluing is hard to tell without the gun in hand, so don't concern yourself too much with my comments.
Finding the actual original magazine is tough, but put a note in the Want to Buy section below and who knows? And you can find a correct but mis-numbered magazine easily enough. Let's see a couple of photos of your magazine so we can determine better what you already have.
As far as tracing the gun's history, without specific "unit markings", that is doubtful. About all we know for sure is that it was made in 1914 and went to the German army.
dju

[gaedfly]

Thanks very much. I appreciate your comments about bluing because I learned something, not enough to just check numbers. I've been looking for so long and have rarely found anything around here for less than $2000. I paid $1100 for this one. Guy had 2 of them. The other was a 1910 for $1200, much more pitted, with matching numbers and a period magazine but not matching. Seller is a gunsmith, took this one completely apart and showed me that all the numbers inside match as well.

I'll post some pictures of my magazine later today. It's just a repo with a black plastic bottom but it works perfectly, feeds well. I shot about 20 rounds of S&B as soon as I got it home just to make sure it's functional, works perfectly. Seller said the triggers tend to be spongy but the trigger is better than on most of the new guns I have. Again, thanks for taking the time to take a look and to comment.