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03-09-2010, 03:40 PM | #1 |
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Looking for some info on this piece I just picked up
SN is 4955 all parts matching Left grip has initials carved in it. Has the N with a crown, no date above the chamber, bluing looks really nice but it doesn't appear to be a reblue. Stamped Germany below the barrel has 2 mags both with wooden bottoms one says GERMANY the other has a serial number non matching to the rest of the piece. |
03-09-2010, 04:05 PM | #2 |
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Tom, welcome to the forum.
Suffix under the serial number? Any date or proofs on the right? post war east german? caliber? I ask because usually a crown N is commericial, but many came into weimar service as army or police, and not going into export with a germany stamping. Pictures would help a lot, front, back, sides, top and pictures of the magazines. Also, did it come with a holster, as its odd to come with 2 mags and nothing else (well, not that oddd, folks pick up what they can and might have bought the germany mag later) Ed
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Looks like a cursive o under the date..
I have pictures but I suck at photography I thought it was chambered in 9mm (I assumed) I'll break out calipers tonight and see what it measures. No holster, My grandfather collected guns and this and a japanese nambu were all I could get my hands on. I'll take more pictures tonight now that I've figured out how to use the macro function on my camera. |
03-09-2010, 04:14 PM | #4 |
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Oh yeah... nothing on the right in the way of proofs or dates... the only markings are serial numbers, the cursive o, the n with the crown, Germany, and the DWM stamp
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If you can drop a #2 pencil down the barrel, its a 9mm, if it won't slide down, its a .30 Luger
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03-09-2010, 04:53 PM | #6 |
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Good to know.
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Look into the bore and see if the chamber is "stepped' for the bottleneck .30 case. Another possibility is that there is a cartridge case in the chamber with the base sheared off..
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03-10-2010, 12:08 AM | #9 |
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Calipers measure .300 at the muzzle... it's a 30 luger...
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03-10-2010, 12:50 AM | #10 |
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This is a commericial luger, unfortunately you find many in very nice shape here in the USA, value probably around $700-$800 at the most. The extra magazine is an early one and worth money by itself, how is the body?
The germany marked magazine is worth more than a blank wood based one too in my opinion. Ed
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Body of the mag is in decent shape... no dings or anything.. looks like it's got old grease dried on it. So.... I can shoot this thing?
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03-10-2010, 09:46 AM | #12 |
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Forgot to ask... How old do you think it is?
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Don't shoot either of these mags...You might possibly crack or break a wood bottom and foolishly destroy most importantly... history and secondly their value.
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Noted... I don't have 30 luger ammo so I won't be shooting it for a while
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