Help!
 

I just came into possession of an American Eagle Cal. 9MM LUGER pistol. Can anyone help me identify this weapon? I cannot find it in the blue book! Itâ??s stainless steal with a (4) inch barrel (maybe slightly shorter). It and came with 3 stainless magazines, (2) look like plastic bases with an eagle logo, the other looks like wood. It looks to be in great shape and I gave a friend $200 for it. Was it a good deal?


Marked on the right side is:

American Eagle

Cal. 9MM LUGER


Above right grip:

SPM Houston TX USA


Left side:

8544


Top:

Eagle Symbol with 1993 below it

Re: Help!
 

I find a stainless Stoeger Luger in my Blue Book (20th Anniversary Edition) toward the end of the Luger listings on p. 795. It claims $495 for 95% and $565 for 98%. Plus extra mags.

Re: Help!
 

Are you sure it is stainless steel? John Martz was turnig out some original lugers, original steel, that he had procesed to look exactly like stainless steel. When I last vistied him, around 1985 or 6 he was still at it. They are really nice, but they are made of regular luger steel. For a fee I will tell you how he did it!

Re: Help!
 

Thank you Bill!


Why Stoeger? I looked up Stoeger, it seems they do shotguns!


Bill..

Re: Help!
 

Herb,


It's stainless...


Bill

Re: newer Lugers
 

Rick,


That is it! Thanx!


Bill

Re: newer Lugers
 

Bill,


I just started my hunt for my 1st. shooter luger a month ago.


S/S lugers were made by Mitchell Arms (in the early 1990's but now out-of-business) and well as Stoeger by a firm in Texas called AIMCO.


On the GunAmerica.com web-site NIB units from both seem to sell in the $695 to $ 800 price range. So your $ 200 purchase was pretty good.


I decided to buy a Mauser-Interarms luger made in the 1970-1980's by Mauser with tooling from WWII. NIB units from Mauser from this era (the post-WWII era) can be had in the $ 825 to $ 1000 price range.


Lots of luger experts debate whether such post WWII lugers are the real-deal or not. You can do a Luger Forum message board search under "Mauser Interarms" for the past year to get lots of pros & cons...