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Doubs · 09-10-2002, 11:42 AM

[quote]Originally posted by cadads/42:
<strong>As a newbie collector I wanted to know if there is a reference book that is accepted as gospel as Clawsons is for 1911/a1's. Thanx </strong><hr></blockquote>

Johnny's advice is, as usual, excellent. The three books by Jan Still are "Imperial Lugers", "Weimar Lugers" and "Nazi Lugers". Others you may look for include "The World of Lugers" by Costanzo (expensive!), "Luger Variations" by Harry Jones, the relatively new "The Luger Story" by John Walter and one of the oldest but full of information is Fred Datig's "The Luger Pistol".

As Johnny has said, some of the older volumes contain incorrect or outdated information but they also contain much that is still valid. Buy the newer books first and then you'll be able to tell what's not quite correct in the older books. There are also Luger books devoted to specific models such as the Naval models and the Dutch Lugers.

An excellent place to look for Luger books is the used book market. www.abebooks.com is a good search engine for used books.

Good books are almost as nice as having the guns. Almost!

09-10-2002, 11:42 AM	#3
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,742 Thanks: 826 Thanked 1,788 Times in 590 Posts	[quote]Originally posted by cadads/42: <strong>As a newbie collector I wanted to know if there is a reference book that is accepted as gospel as Clawsons is for 1911/a1's. Thanx </strong><hr></blockquote> Johnny's advice is, as usual, excellent. The three books by Jan Still are "Imperial Lugers", "Weimar Lugers" and "Nazi Lugers". Others you may look for include "The World of Lugers" by Costanzo (expensive!), "Luger Variations" by Harry Jones, the relatively new "The Luger Story" by John Walter and one of the oldest but full of information is Fred Datig's "The Luger Pistol". As Johnny has said, some of the older volumes contain incorrect or outdated information but they also contain much that is still valid. Buy the newer books first and then you'll be able to tell what's not quite correct in the older books. There are also Luger books devoted to specific models such as the Naval models and the Dutch Lugers. An excellent place to look for Luger books is the used book market. www.abebooks.com is a good search engine for used books. Good books are almost as nice as having the guns. Almost!