Info Needed from the "Swamp"
 

While being engrossed with work while in the middle of the Everglades, I have found a "K" date East German rebuilt Luger for sale. I have not seen it yet and hope to do that sometimes this week. The pistol is all matching except the barrel has been replaced with a new E. German with Crown/N stamp and an East German military stamp. The mag matches also. The Gothic "S' is stamped on the correct parts. I will keep you posted if I get this one.


Now for my question, what holster would the East Germans have used with this pistol? Would it be a WWII or a post war manufacture one. If this pistol is as told to me, and the price is right, I will buy it, but I do want a holster to go with it. Who can help?


Marvin

Re: Hi Marvin, There is a holster on eBay
 

John,


Thanks for the information on the holster. At first it did appear to be a repro, but after looking at e-bay, it does indeed appear to be a post war holster. I put a max bid in $48 and if it goes higher than that, I will bow out. I can always find a nice "post war" repro (ha, ha) for this one if I do buy it. In addition, I feel that possibly the East Germans may have used any WWII holsters that would have been available, so maybe a WWII may work for this pistol. I think I have a spare East German tool and all I would need is an East German magazine to have anice rig.


The pistol sure sounds good and I do not have one of the East German reworks. I think they really are a distinct variation since the work was done by a military arsenal and this one was supposed to be issued to the East German military. I will keep you posted on the outcome of the pistol. Thanks again for the help.


Marvin

Re: Hi Marvin, There is a holster on eBay
 

The strap stitching pattern and magazine pouch shape are reminiscent of the mid-1990s Asian copies. I have never seen a W German 40s-50s P08 holster although they might exist.

Re: Hi Marvin, There is a holster on eBay
 

We first started seeing these holsters at the gunshows some twenty years ago. At that time the leather still had new leather smell. I would suspect that the holster is a modern reproduction, as they faithfully copy the original holsters.

Re: Hi Marvin, There is a holster on eBay
 

I looked at this holster too. It looks too good to be original. I just wrote it off as a repro. Nice looking though.

Big Norm

What Are Repros Worth?
 

Last weekend I saw three repros at the Charlotte gun show priced at $85 for black and $87 for brown. Did NOT buy.


What should a good repro bring these days?

Re: Info Needed from the "Swamp"
 

Hi, the correct holster for an East German Luger looks much the same as a soft shell P38 but has an enclosed flap for the butt area. The holsters were made to hold either a P.38 or Luger and have tool pouch sewed in side/ Some look like a pebble grain and some have an oval stamp on back with maker mark and 1951 stamped inside. I just purchased one from Tom Heller a few months back. I will dig around and see if I can find an info sheet that appeared in the American Rifleman in the early 60's which dealt with holsters for P.38s and showed one.

Re: What Are Repros Worth?
 

Inter Ordnance sells Repros made in India for $27.95.


They aren't bad, but they smell for a while.


I've seen better repros that sell for around $45.


Mike

Re: Hi Marvin, There is a holster on eBay
 

LOOKS LIKE COBY MADE IN ESTONIA.

PLENTY IN FINLAND PRICE 200-400 FIM (FINIS MARKS)

35-65 US D.

Re: ebay repro holster
 

This appears to be one of the holsters that was indeed made in Germany on the original last for Interarms in the 1970s.