[RShaw]

Eugen, Jerry....
Many thanks for the comments- would take years to learn this kind of thing on my own. I will look for a Mauser shooter and keep this one safe. I would really like to shoot a Luger some day though. The friend from whom I acquired this DWM got it from a collector who shot it only once or twice- was then stored it for 15 years until now. I would like to do a simple strip just to be more familiar with this gun, clean and lube it and then reassemble it and store.
I do not have a holster, but would not store it in the holster anyway because of moisture collection issues. I store it in a safe on a stand, rather than placing it flat on the cloth mat on the floor of the safe.
One other reason for buying this firearm is because I worked in Germany for 27 years and have come to know the German people quite well. Ingenious craftsmanship and engineering! It's the first Luger I have seen in real life, and when I understood it was for sale..... I could not pass it up.