A friend of my wife's asked me to look at "an old gun" she got from her father. Imagine my surprise when she showed up with a Luger instead of a Raven .25.
I've done a little reading here on the forum. There is no number on top of the chamber. Does that mean it is a commercial gun?
The serial #s appear to match but I didn't take the gun apart because I don't know how. I'm a S&W revolver or Glock kind of guy.
The serial # is 13XX with a cursive n below it. It has checkered wood grips, a stock lug, no grip safety and is 30 caliber. Barrel is 3.7 ". Germany is stamped on the right side of the frame just behind the barrel. There is a stamp of what looks like a crown with a capital N just above the serial # on the bottom ot the barrel. This is repeated on the left side of the chamber.
It has one magazine with wood bottom and no serial # on it. I has a flap holster with P-08 stamped on the back.
I don't know how to grade Lugers but it has about 75% or a little more of good blueing and has a couple of rust freckles. Doesn't seem to be much straw coloring on those parts.
She wants to keep the gun because in came to her father through her grandfather, but she would like info about the gun and approximate worth. I have some pictures if that would help. Thanks,
Bill