Need some help

Kilbo · 06-25-2012, 09:21 PM

Hey everyone I'm new to the forum and hope you can help Id a Luger I have a chance to buy. I was told it is a police Luger but I can't find out which one. It has 42 stamped on the toggle and what looks like a polish crest ( bird) stamped over the chamber where usually the date is stamped. It also has MW/J.R.12.51. on the grip strap. It's a mismatch numbers gun so it's a shooter that I can get for about $550.00. Any info will help, thanks in advance.

Kilbo

lugersrkewl · 06-25-2012, 09:31 PM

Welcome to the forum
pictures are worth a thousand words. the s 42 is mauser. dont know what the crest is without pictures. the mw/jr1251 is the regiment/squad it was assigned to cant make sense of it in the police mebbe its military? it should have a sear safety if its police. and for 550 if it shoots I would buy it in a heart beat . what does the left side of the extractor say? there were no polish contract lugers its either a bulgarian or an american eagle reciever?

mrerick · 06-25-2012, 09:31 PM

If it's a functioning shooter, $550 is about the right price for an average one.

I can't help identify things without pictures.

Marc

Kilbo · 06-25-2012, 10:36 PM

This is the crest on the chamber. I'll try to get more pictures when I get to the shop again. I don't have the gun yet because in my State you have to apply for a permit to buy handguns and it usually takes a month to get it.

Kilbo · 06-25-2012, 10:44 PM

If that picture is too small to make out the crest then here is one I found that looks just like it on a Radom rifle. Also the toggle is just stamped with 42 not S/42. Could this be just a pieced together luger and if so should I hold off buying it since it will be my first Luger?

sheepherder · 06-26-2012, 07:19 AM

More pics would help. Is it refinished, pitted, worn, have broken/worn grips, mis-matched/aftermarket magazine, bore condition...Need pics...

For $550, with an oddball crest, I'd buy it in a second...

George Anderson · 06-26-2012, 09:07 AM

The grip strap marking is a Reichswehr marking and indicates Minenwerfer Abteilung, Infantrie Regiment 12, Waffe 51.

06-25-2012, 09:21 PM	#1
Kilbo New User Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 3 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Need some help Hey everyone I'm new to the forum and hope you can help Id a Luger I have a chance to buy. I was told it is a police Luger but I can't find out which one. It has 42 stamped on the toggle and what looks like a polish crest ( bird) stamped over the chamber where usually the date is stamped. It also has MW/J.R.12.51. on the grip strap. It's a mismatch numbers gun so it's a shooter that I can get for about $550.00. Any info will help, thanks in advance. Kilbo

06-25-2012, 09:31 PM	#2
lugersrkewl Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ussr Posts: 425 Thanks: 198 Thanked 75 Times in 58 Posts	Welcome to the forum pictures are worth a thousand words. the s 42 is mauser. dont know what the crest is without pictures. the mw/jr1251 is the regiment/squad it was assigned to cant make sense of it in the police mebbe its military? it should have a sear safety if its police. and for 550 if it shoots I would buy it in a heart beat . what does the left side of the extractor say? there were no polish contract lugers its either a bulgarian or an american eagle reciever? Attached Thumbnails

06-25-2012, 09:31 PM	#3
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,901 Thanks: 1,372 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	If it's a functioning shooter, $550 is about the right price for an average one. I can't help identify things without pictures. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

06-25-2012, 10:36 PM	#4
Kilbo New User Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 3 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This is the crest on the chamber. I'll try to get more pictures when I get to the shop again. I don't have the gun yet because in my State you have to apply for a permit to buy handguns and it usually takes a month to get it. Attached Images

06-25-2012, 10:44 PM	#5
Kilbo New User Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 3 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	If that picture is too small to make out the crest then here is one I found that looks just like it on a Radom rifle. Also the toggle is just stamped with 42 not S/42. Could this be just a pieced together luger and if so should I hold off buying it since it will be my first Luger? Attached Images

06-26-2012, 07:19 AM	#6
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,182 Thanks: 1,398 Thanked 4,440 Times in 2,328 Posts	More pics would help. Is it refinished, pitted, worn, have broken/worn grips, mis-matched/aftermarket magazine, bore condition...Need pics... For $550, with an oddball crest, I'd buy it in a second... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

06-26-2012, 09:07 AM	#7
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,527 Times in 786 Posts	The grip strap marking is a Reichswehr marking and indicates Minenwerfer Abteilung, Infantrie Regiment 12, Waffe 51.