grandpa's luger

[Shiner]

hello everybody, my name is Matej, I come from Slovenia and i'm new on the forum, i have joined you earlier becouse I need some info about my grand dad's luger from WW2.... acctually I think that the pistol is from earlier era, but he got it in the end of WW2, when he got if from some german officer. I don't wanna sell it becouse it's a great souvenir but still I want to know what i acctually have in my hands so I'l be very glad if someone can tell me more about that gun....

for now I'll just paste photos from some other side and later when I'll be able to do it I'll upload them on this forum also..at this moment I don't have that option becouse i'm so fresh member

anyway, this is it... I know allready that it is put togfehter from pieces of different guns but that is all... have no clue how much is it worth, which model is it, etc... thank you all for usefull information

[alanint]

Hi Matej,

Welcome to the forum!
You have an early 1910 dated DWM Luger that has been put together from the parts of at least 2 pistols. This gun was reissued by the Weimar goverment after its probable use in WW1, (see the 1920 property stamp) and both main assemblies of the gun (#2018 upper receiver/barrel and lower Frame #7666B) were once issued to the police, since the upper has a sear safety and the lower frame has the remnants of a magazine safety. These two assemblies were probably mistakenly joined while in police service.
The pistol has been buffed and refinished and would be what we consider a "shooter" here in the US with little collector value.
Still, it is a nice gun with lots of history and I'm sure you will enjoy shooting it.

[sheepherder]

+ 1 on the refinish, Police, and parts gun...

Also, there is a minimum number of posts before you can add pics (to discourage freeloaders); I think it is 5 or maybe 10...Just keep asking questions, maybe add a comment to an especially interesting thread/topic, etc and you'll get your minimum pretty quick...

Lessee...What else...The toggle train (and probably the barrel) is a DWM; the frame has the Mauser Hump so is probably a Mauser...What magazine does it have??? Holster???

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Shiner

... my grand dad's luger from WW2.... acctually I think that the pistol is from earlier era, but he got it in the end of WW2, when he got if from some german officer...

Members of this forum [coff*me*coff] would be interested in the story of how your grandfather got it...Was he in the army??? Partisan???

[mrerick]

Hi Matej, and welcome to the forum.

The frame from your pistol was made by Mauser after 1937. Serial number "7666b". A Luger with this serial number on the frame was made by Mauser in each of the years 1938, 1940 and 1942.

The refinish appears similar to the dipped finish used by the Russians and Eastern Block (like the German DDR) when they reworked pistols, but they usually marked them (often a large "X" on the left of the receiver.

Marc

[andwaahs]

Just out of interest, how would a gun made up from a mix of parts from 1910 and 1937 function?
Im assuming due to the years of wear on the older parts and the crispness of the new frame there would be some interference fit?

[alanint]

Although mostly hand fitted, Lugers are surprisingly resilient when it comes to mating MAJOR subassemblies, (i.e. the entire upper from one pistol with the entire lower of another. They usually work. That is perhaps why they survived in this condition. If they had not worked upon assembly, the troops who accidentally swapped them would then try to find their correct missing parts.
Where you run into trouble is usually with errant small parts, principally the sideplate, sear, bolt, etc.

[Curly1]

Welcome to the forums, yes I bet there is an interesting story behind it.