Need some help.
 

I am new here and thanks in advance for any help. I bought my 4th luger this weekend and started thinking I should try to learn a few things. Is there a univeraly reciognized book to teach me a think or two about these fine weapons?

WOW! where to begin? What era are you most interested in? I feel that Jan Still's books are the best. His Central Powers Pistols is still available, I think, for around $100. This is WWI pistols. There is a new edition of the Third Reich Lugers in the works.

FN

Geez, I don't know. I had guessed there was a general Luger bible. I have a 1917 artilery, a 1937 S/42 a 1921 civilian with police markings. I also have a missmatched shooter with 6' barreled 1941 upper.
I would like to know what the proof marks mean, and I would like to ad a navy gun to my collection without getting screwed.

"Lugers at Random" by Charles Kenyon Jr. would be a good general book.


Fn

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=6937


also, read the FAQ, read through the new collector area, etc.


there were lugers made over 45 years (pre WW2), then made later by parts etc.... by numerous manufacturers...