Requesting Info On My Luger
 

Hey guys, inherited gramps old Luger. Its not in the best of shape but i've always loved this gun. I was wondering if you guys could give me some info on it such as some history, who used it, military police etc. Perhaps a rough estimate of the value, and, what ammunition would perform best in it? Thanks for any help.

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Sorry, since you posted on a web hosting site, I can not look at your pictures while at work (and many other folks can't either). We prefer folks to post their pictures here on the forum for that reason.


Welcome to the forum :cheers:

Ed

I dont know how to post them on the forum.

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And then you can upload them; if you have a problem, email them to me and I'll post for you :) weimar_lugers@verizon.net


Ed

Its a 1939 s/42.

Thank you for the pics.

What im mostly interested in is what ammo works best with it if anyone can help.

Walmart sells Winchester 100-round bulk packs of 115gr. FMJ for small money... they have a good reputation for use in properly lubricated Luger pistols... Its all I buy.

You have a nice 1939 S/42, which by the way are hardest to find. You might not want to shoot it alot.
As I recall there were only about 38,000 of them made.

Jim

Why are they hard to find? And do you have anymore info on it? I figured it was a shooter as it doesnt look that nice, which I figured was because it is origonal.

because they only made 38,000 of them ;)

:D

That sounds like a lot, but take out the ones destroyed during the war, take out the ones destroyed after the war, take out the ones tossed in the ocean by GI's (US, Canadian and Brits) who thought they'd get into trouble, then take into account guns destroyed because of idiots, crime etc and there are probably 10-5% still around.... So, say 10%, that is 3,800 guns... (all a WAG btw)

So point is, some guns like the 1940 / 42 are much easier to find, as they made maybe 180,000 of them, so that leaves 18,000 of them in the USA....



Ed

Ahh, thanks for the info. What do you think the gun is worth? Rough estimate?