Chrome/Nickled Luger photos please
 

From post and other stories I have been told that 100's, if not 1000's of Veteran bring back Lugers were chromed or nickle plated therefor distroying their collect value. I wonder why if so many Luger suffered this fate and seemingly undesireable why I never find them up for sale. Maybe the original vets are hanging on to them. I take a plated Luger can have the plating stripped and an original type blue job done returning it , in a form, to it's original state, but I take never it's collectabitliy. If some of you guys have a Luger or two in your collection that has been chromed or nickle plated, could you please post a picture or two that I might see? I take many were done rather poorly and others done quite nice.
Thanks you
Regards,Bill

Most of them are now 'very rare complete matching rigs' and many probably also have been reborn as 'rare mint condition navy lugers'.

The rest was probably the supply stock for those highly decorated, engraved, pimped up 'commemorative lugers' of the historical society.

Factory chrome plated lugers do exist. Mauser introduced the matte hardchromed finish in the mid 1970s on their Mauser Parabellum pistols. These pistols were specially prepped for this finish and chrome plated by their sister company, the measuring tools division.

MMM, never saw a 70's Mauser Luger factory chromed. I owned both a 4" and 6" Mauser Luger with the Swiss style grips. Don't know why, but I do not care the Swiss style grips and sold them both, though I kind of wish I still had the 6" version.

Hello Jasta,
Hereafter my 29/70 transitional model Chromed with gold small items and ivory grips.

This is one of the first specimen made in this configuration by Mauser and only a few have been made.

For more pictures and info you can refer to my web site in the Post WWII Mauser Parabellum pages.

Have fun,
Mauro

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I have bought and sold probably 10-15 nickle or chromed lugers. If you have one of each, you can usually tell which is which.

You see them at larger gunshows every now and then.

I am sure it is cheaper for fakers and restorers to find a reblued or mismatched luger than a chromed one to use.

Because of tolerance problems or the gun was pitted and ugly, they were chromed / nickled and then the main reason is that GI's liked how it looked at the time.

Those that appear to be nice sharp lettering comes up, but less rarely.
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WoW! Now that is a Luger I have not seen. Nice, but strange in a way. I will check out your website. Might I ask what they sold for "new' and their value now?
Thanks,Bill

My thinking was not toward anyone trying to fake a Navy or any other model. Just as to how the plated Lugers look and their availability.
Thanks,Bill

There were two chrome Lugers that I saw at the Louisville show last week. One even had MOP grips, something you don't see to often. Barrel seemed to have a hiccup in it though.

Frank

Here is a circle S police that I sold a while back.



Ed

I always like the look of that one Ed, i remember seeing it FS at the time, if i recall. From the photos, that one looks Nickel

Thanks for the pictures.
Bill