It hard for me to to decide which of my small collection of Lugers that I like the most. As a collector, I have many which have interesting and fun stories associated with them. As an investor, I have a few whose value has appreciated a lot and that pleases me.
But my favorite has to be a chamber dated 1914 DWM artillery (SN 1339). I have three of these rare artilleries and two of them are beauties with matching mags. But my favorite one is a Wiemar dipped one that I bought with repro grips and no magazine. OK, so its been dipped in typically Wiemar black bluing. But there was no metal removed during the rebluing process. Its all, otherwise, original, metal wise.
The first order of day was to get some good grips on it. First, I got some 'Red Nine' grips for it. That made it look very good. Then I found some 'trench art' grips for it. That made it look even better and said something about that era. Then I searched for a nice magazine for it. I found a neat type one Trommel snail drum magazine. Super cool. Now I have to find THE stock for it.
I have some real nice Lugers. But when I have someone who knows something about Lugers, I whip this gun on them first. Then build up their excitment with the rest of my treasures.
Big Norm
