Any Ideas about this Luger?

Garn · 12-04-2017, 10:57 PM

Hello,

Got this Luger basically for free in a trade for some other items but I don’t know anything about them. I am sure it’s had a facelift and I don’t think it’s all that but I wanted to ask the experts. I have no need for an old Luger(no offense) so I am going to just sell it. Any ideas?

https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-qRMgvq

DavidJayUden · 12-04-2017, 10:59 PM

Link does not work.

Garn · 12-04-2017, 11:08 PM

Hey David..I just clicked it again and it took me to the photos..Hummm...

Garn · 12-04-2017, 11:10 PM

How about this one...

https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-qRMgvq?mobile=true

sheepherder · 12-04-2017, 11:13 PM

1912 Erfurt...with chromed pieces...

Or maybe just highly polished...The rest is heavily buffed and re-blued...

Garn · 12-04-2017, 11:21 PM

That’s more than I knew before..

It may have some lipstick on it but I think it’s decent looking for a gun thst old..

Edward Tinker · 12-05-2017, 02:45 AM

If working, $600-750

Bill_in_VA · 12-05-2017, 06:51 AM

If forum member DZ didn’t sell this one, he sold one very similar to it - buffed/reblued Erfurt with nickled(?) small parts; it’s hard to confirm if this was his gun though because he has a habit of deleting his posts If I recall correctly, his gun finally sold for somewhere around Ed’s estimate of this one.

DavidJayUden · 12-05-2017, 10:00 AM

The photos came up this morning...
Kind of a nice looking gun, a bit over-buffed around the extractor but not otherwise too bad. A guy could strip/re-straw the small parts, either clean up or replace the grips, and have a nice shooter. As is, if it functions well, $750 retail.
dju

mrerick · 12-05-2017, 10:53 AM

I'm a thinking we almost need to open up a gallery of post-factory Luger variations... Both to document individual guns, and show the creativity of Luger owners...

Perhaps subsections like:

- In the service of creativity
- Mining for profits
- Just plain unusual
- Growing the legends of the Reich

etc....

Jim Mac · 12-05-2017, 08:33 PM

I'm no expert but I would start a little higher like 850 and let any potential buyer talk you.down a bit. Ask most guys looking for a shooter luger when was the last time they actually found one for under 700 bucks. I'm talking about the guy that just wants a luger but not into the hobby. jim

12-04-2017, 10:57 PM	#1
Garn New User Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Any Ideas about this Luger? Hello, Got this Luger basically for free in a trade for some other items but I don’t know anything about them. I am sure it’s had a facelift and I don’t think it’s all that but I wanted to ask the experts. I have no need for an old Luger(no offense) so I am going to just sell it. Any ideas? https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-qRMgvq

12-04-2017, 11:13 PM	#5
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,182 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,441 Times in 2,329 Posts	1912 Erfurt...with chromed pieces... Or maybe just highly polished...The rest is heavily buffed and re-blued... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

12-05-2017, 06:51 AM	#8
Bill_in_VA User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Southwest Virginia Posts: 363 Thanks: 757 Thanked 540 Times in 192 Posts	If forum member DZ didn’t sell this one, he sold one very similar to it - buffed/reblued Erfurt with nickled(?) small parts; it’s hard to confirm if this was his gun though because he has a habit of deleting his posts If I recall correctly, his gun finally sold for somewhere around Ed’s estimate of this one. __________________ John 8:32 reive (riːv) vb (Military) (intr) dialect Scot and Northern English to go on a plundering raid [variant of reave] ˈreiver n e.g., " Some view the Border Reivers as loveable rogues."

12-05-2017, 10:53 AM	#10
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,907 Thanks: 1,374 Thanked 3,108 Times in 1,509 Posts	I'm a thinking we almost need to open up a gallery of post-factory Luger variations... Both to document individual guns, and show the creativity of Luger owners... Perhaps subsections like: - In the service of creativity - Mining for profits - Just plain unusual - Growing the legends of the Reich etc.... __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

12-04-2017, 10:59 PM	#2
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Link does not work.

12-04-2017, 11:08 PM	#3
Garn New User Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hey David..I just clicked it again and it took me to the photos..Hummm...

12-04-2017, 11:10 PM	#4
Garn New User Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How about this one... https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-qRMgvq?mobile=true

12-04-2017, 11:21 PM	#6
Garn New User Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That’s more than I knew before.. It may have some lipstick on it but I think it’s decent looking for a gun thst old..

12-05-2017, 02:45 AM	#7
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,924 Thanks: 2,014 Thanked 4,518 Times in 2,087 Posts	If working, $600-750

12-05-2017, 10:00 AM	#9
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	The photos came up this morning... Kind of a nice looking gun, a bit over-buffed around the extractor but not otherwise too bad. A guy could strip/re-straw the small parts, either clean up or replace the grips, and have a nice shooter. As is, if it functions well, $750 retail. dju

12-05-2017, 08:33 PM	#11
Jim Mac User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 261 Thanks: 2 Thanked 67 Times in 35 Posts	I'm no expert but I would start a little higher like 850 and let any potential buyer talk you.down a bit. Ask most guys looking for a shooter luger when was the last time they actually found one for under 700 bucks. I'm talking about the guy that just wants a luger but not into the hobby. jim