Luger 1917 worth taking?

Doubs · 03-18-2025, 10:21 AM

Welcome to the forum. The good news is that the Luger is likely a very early 1917 as it has fine adjustment front and rear sights, features that were changed later in 1917 to make manufacturing easier and faster.

The bad news is that it shows a lot of surface corrosion. There is also the question of matching numbers and bore condition. A mismatched Luger loses a lot of value and so does one with a bad bore. I'm not familiar with European prices but IMO you can do better.

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03-18-2025, 10:21 AM	#4
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,747 Thanks: 832 Thanked 1,805 Times in 595 Posts	Welcome to the forum. The good news is that the Luger is likely a very early 1917 as it has fine adjustment front and rear sights, features that were changed later in 1917 to make manufacturing easier and faster. The bad news is that it shows a lot of surface corrosion. There is also the question of matching numbers and bore condition. A mismatched Luger loses a lot of value and so does one with a bad bore. I'm not familiar with European prices but IMO you can do better.