Your First Luger

[steven c]

Today I thought I would post pictures of my first Luger. I have had it for about seven or eight years. Never posted pics of it before. It is just a shooter grade but it was nice to add one to my collection that I've always wanted. As time passed, I got some books and did a lot of reading on the Internet and learned how diverse Lugers are.

After some research, I found that the side cover was not numbered on the inside and it should be for that year model. I previously posted a couple of pics of the cover and a member mentioned that he was fairly certain it was Imperial era and quite possibly a force match of the outside number. I will show a few pictures of it on how the side cover fits. In the last few pictures you'll see it beside my last Luger for comparison.

This is a 1938 S/42. It doesn't appear to be an import, with no stamps anywhere on it to indicate that. But there is an odd barrel mark which was hard to photograph. It almost looks like '101' in a way but it may be more of a blemish.

Feel free to add pictures of your first Luger and, if you found it was boosted in some way, what misled you at first? It would be nice to hear others' stories. I find this an interesting topic.