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does anyone have any inside on this luger,does it look good,any info will help?

Looks like your typical EG police Luger. Do you have better pics? Do the numbers match?

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the guy says its a all matching number 1939 s-42 mauser the barrel has the crown proof,any idea what it would be worth?

About $800 bucks in this condition. The extra mag might add a little, say $900.

A Crown proof on the barrel would indicate that it has been replaced and renumbered.

Make sure this is not being represented as an original, un-messed with Luger. This Luger was captured by the Russians, refinished and issued to the East Germans for their police force. There is a collector nitch for these pistols, but it is not as it left the factory.

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would this be better then a inter arms mauser import,seems like you know a lot do you have a contact number my email is coltstudd@aol.com

A good Interarms Mauser is fetching more than I quoted for the DDR Luger you posted. It all depends on what you are looking for. An Interarms pistol in the same price range that I mentioned would be of more interest to me than a redo shooter.

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would the inter arms mauser be just as good a shooter?

I wouldn't dismiss this Luger as only a "shooter". It has a pedigree; issued in WW2, captured, then reworked by a government arsenal in East Germany(probably Ernst Thalmann) and then reissued again. That pistol tells a story. Couple pics of mine below. BYF41, all matching, no replaced parts with the exception of grips and mags. SARCO import around '90,'91.

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nice is the barrel crown proofed?

Original barrel. Replaced barrels are C/N marked. It is not unusual to see these EG pistols with replaced barrels.

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this one has a 3 digit serial number with nothing etched out,looks like a all matching gun except the crown proof barrel.

IMHO these DDR reworks are perfered over the Mauser Parabellum as shooter, since they are used and don't drop in value as much as shooting a NIB Para. Also PO8 parts are more readily available and less expensive than original Para parts. Tom

My inclination would be for the DDR. I like to think I'm holding a piece of history when I look at or shoot my Lugers.

Tom has the most knowledge on repairs though and if something breaks on the newer Lugers there can be a parts problem--or at least expense.

Gary

I hadn't looked close at the DDR Luger in the first pic/first post here...Now I see that the plastic (or maybe Bakelite) grips are brown...I've only seen black 'bullseye' VoPo/RC grips...

Are the brown bullseye grips as common as the black ones??? :confused:

That's curious. EVERY set of these bulls-eye grips I have ever seen were brown.

IMHO I think that VOPO grips can be black or brown, although I've seen more black ones.
My 2 cents.

Even in pics on this site??? :confused:

This is the first set of brown Luger VoPo/RC grips I've seen pics of here...

The grips that are on the pistol I posted are a very dark brown..

The colors of DVP bullseye grips in photographs vary greatly depending upon the lighting used.

--Dwight