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09-12-2018, 10:33 AM | #1 |
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Help me identify this Luger
Greetings everyone,
Canadian gun owner here. A family member wants to give me his Luger pistol but unfortunately Canadian gun laws classify Lugers as "prohibited" and I cannot own it. We can sell it to a collector with the proper licence but we would like to get as much information as possible before we can determine a fair price. Infos from the ownership certificate: 9mm DWM 1920-1918 serial 5454-b 4" barrel This is the only picture I have for the moment. I guess the ivory grips are not original, I don't know about the mag and the case/box. I will try to get more pictures by the end of the week. Thanks all, Bill |
09-12-2018, 10:49 AM | #2 |
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More pictures needed, obviously. Closeups of the markings. From the one pic, I think the front sight looks odd. Non-standard.
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09-12-2018, 10:52 AM | #3 |
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More pictures needed. Very sorry that your government won’t let your family pass heirlooms down without a license.
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09-12-2018, 11:27 AM | #4 |
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Unless laws have changed (very possible), one with an original barrel of less than 4 inches is illegal, thus why you saw many folks putting on 6 inch. So, the luger is not illegal. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Technically, it would be a 1918 / 1920 - 1918 is the date and the 1920 is the gov't stamp (not a date), see FAQ The grips look like franzite, pretend pearl and the mag looks like a post war mec-gar or the like. |
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The grips are plastic, not ivory! May be Franzite, which shrinks over time...
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Also looks like it's be rebuled too.
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It can be done, but wouldn't the pistol loose most of it's value ? Plus I wouldn't be able to keep the original barrel, it would get destroyed.
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Any real collector value on the pistol shown was lost when it was modified from it's original configuration. Shooter value IMO is $400-500 USD.
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