Mystery 1939

blaster12 · 03-13-2014, 12:43 PM

Hello all, I'm new to the forum and fairly new to Lugers as well. I collected P38s for a while and have moved on to these beauties. I picked up a 1939 Luger recently as a shooter. Most numbers seem to match except for the following: take down lever (no number), extractor (no number), toggle link (DWM and no number), and firing pin (no number). That's what I can tell, anyway. Bore is good with some roughness but rifling is strong. Also looks to have been reblued over pitting.

Interestingly, the gun seems to be devoid of most proof marks. All I can find is what looks like a crown over B on top behind the toggle and another of the same on the bolt above the serial number. No Waffenampts on the slide or anywhere else.

Here's my guess: At some point the DWM toggle link was added (not right for a 1939 Luger) as well as the other un-numbered parts to replace damaged or corroded parts. The gun was polished down, removing the proofing marks (again, likely due to corrosion), and the gun was reblued. As you folks know more than I do on this subject, could you confirm, refute, or add to this? Just trying to learn more about this gun. Thank you in advance.

BTW: paid $850 for it. Fired it the other day, and it’s a tack driver.

03-13-2014, 12:43 PM	#1
blaster12 New User Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: New England Posts: 3 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Mystery 1939 Hello all, I'm new to the forum and fairly new to Lugers as well. I collected P38s for a while and have moved on to these beauties. I picked up a 1939 Luger recently as a shooter. Most numbers seem to match except for the following: take down lever (no number), extractor (no number), toggle link (DWM and no number), and firing pin (no number). That's what I can tell, anyway. Bore is good with some roughness but rifling is strong. Also looks to have been reblued over pitting. Interestingly, the gun seems to be devoid of most proof marks. All I can find is what looks like a crown over B on top behind the toggle and another of the same on the bolt above the serial number. No Waffenampts on the slide or anywhere else. Here's my guess: At some point the DWM toggle link was added (not right for a 1939 Luger) as well as the other un-numbered parts to replace damaged or corroded parts. The gun was polished down, removing the proofing marks (again, likely due to corrosion), and the gun was reblued. As you folks know more than I do on this subject, could you confirm, refute, or add to this? Just trying to learn more about this gun. Thank you in advance. BTW: paid $850 for it. Fired it the other day, and it’s a tack driver.