Luger Artillery Magazine

Coach Rob · 06-13-2012, 02:45 PM

I have just bought a 1918 Luger Artillery that came out of a trunk that hasn't been opened in 50 years. The pistol was brought back after WWII by an American officer. The magazine in the pistol does not have the same serial number as the pistol. The base of the magazine is wooden with a 1734 serial number with what looks like an X or a cross stamped into it. My question is, is this the type of magazine that would have come in the pistol, or is it older or younger than the 1918 pistol?

Thanks in advance for your help;

Coach Rob

DavidJayUden · 06-13-2012, 03:09 PM

Usually a silver tin plated mag. tube, with a wooden bottom. The marking could be a +, showing it as a spare mag. No big surprise that the mag does not match. That is asking a lot!
Congrat's.
It may be none of my business, but what did you have to pay?
dju

Coach Rob · 06-13-2012, 03:34 PM

I bought it from a friend who's grand dad served in WWII and Korea. He was a colonel and had brought back several German pistols and a paratroopers gravity knife. I don't know much about Lugers so I offered him $1k (the "good" price in The Gun Traders Guide) and he thought that was fair. That may have been too much but I liked it. I'm not a expert but it appears to be very nice. It has about 90% of the blue and very few small scratches. The pistols had been stored in bags made from the legs of old flannel PJ's. To me it looks like a used pistol from the 80's but it's 94 years old. Do you think I did OK.

rhuff · 06-13-2012, 04:41 PM

Without seeing it, I would venture to guess that you did more than good.....all the way to excellent!!

06-13-2012, 02:45 PM	#1
Coach Rob New User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Luger Artillery Magazine I have just bought a 1918 Luger Artillery that came out of a trunk that hasn't been opened in 50 years. The pistol was brought back after WWII by an American officer. The magazine in the pistol does not have the same serial number as the pistol. The base of the magazine is wooden with a 1734 serial number with what looks like an X or a cross stamped into it. My question is, is this the type of magazine that would have come in the pistol, or is it older or younger than the 1918 pistol? Thanks in advance for your help; Coach Rob

06-13-2012, 03:09 PM	#2
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Usually a silver tin plated mag. tube, with a wooden bottom. The marking could be a +, showing it as a spare mag. No big surprise that the mag does not match. That is asking a lot! Congrat's. It may be none of my business, but what did you have to pay? dju

06-13-2012, 03:34 PM	#3
Coach Rob New User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I bought it from a friend who's grand dad served in WWII and Korea. He was a colonel and had brought back several German pistols and a paratroopers gravity knife. I don't know much about Lugers so I offered him $1k (the "good" price in The Gun Traders Guide) and he thought that was fair. That may have been too much but I liked it. I'm not a expert but it appears to be very nice. It has about 90% of the blue and very few small scratches. The pistols had been stored in bags made from the legs of old flannel PJ's. To me it looks like a used pistol from the 80's but it's 94 years old. Do you think I did OK.

06-13-2012, 04:41 PM	#4
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,272 Thanks: 2,692 Thanked 959 Times in 705 Posts	Without seeing it, I would venture to guess that you did more than good.....all the way to excellent!!