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mrerick · 02-23-2013, 12:16 PM

Hi,

Welcome to the forum!

Your Luger does look like an Eastern Block captured pistol to me. The small starburst symbol after the 4 numeric digits on the left front of the receiver and the mark after "9mm Para" on the bottom of the barrel look like they could be their marks.

The plastic grips are definitely VoPo.

The mark on the receiver's locking lug "Kett" or something similar is probably an importer mark. It looks like it was proofed in your country in 1986.

Every 270,000 Lugers made by Mauser, they cycled from a block of 10,000 "z" suffix pistols, to a block of No Suffix "ns" pistols to a block of "a" suffix pistols.

The witness mark staking the barrel to the receiver looks to me like it has never been altered, so it's possible that the barrel is original.

The magazine is a WW-II vintage Haenel Schmeisser machined magazine (very high quality) that has had the base ground down and renumbered in the style of police magazines. It was originally WaffenAmt proofed by the Germans.

The trigger plate does look like it is a later replacement, numbered with dies that don't look like Mauser's.

So, Enjoy this very nice Luger...

Marc

02-23-2013, 12:16 PM	#9
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,139 Times in 1,520 Posts	Hi, Welcome to the forum! Your Luger does look like an Eastern Block captured pistol to me. The small starburst symbol after the 4 numeric digits on the left front of the receiver and the mark after "9mm Para" on the bottom of the barrel look like they could be their marks. The plastic grips are definitely VoPo. The mark on the receiver's locking lug "Kett" or something similar is probably an importer mark. It looks like it was proofed in your country in 1986. Every 270,000 Lugers made by Mauser, they cycled from a block of 10,000 "z" suffix pistols, to a block of No Suffix "ns" pistols to a block of "a" suffix pistols. The witness mark staking the barrel to the receiver looks to me like it has never been altered, so it's possible that the barrel is original. The magazine is a WW-II vintage Haenel Schmeisser machined magazine (very high quality) that has had the base ground down and renumbered in the style of police magazines. It was originally WaffenAmt proofed by the Germans. The trigger plate does look like it is a later replacement, numbered with dies that don't look like Mauser's. So, Enjoy this very nice Luger... Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.