Nickel plated Luger?

barr · 05-11-2003, 12:27 PM

I observed a nickel plated luger at a gun swap/show this past weekend. It was in fair to good condition and the seller said it was a good shooter. It had what looked to be mother of pearl grips, could be plastic. Supposedly has all matching parts and the ones that I could see did match. No magazine. It was a 4 digit serial no. on the front of the frame, no suffix. It had a letter(don't recall what)/42 on the top on the bolt, he said he thought it was a 1942 Mauser pistol. He was asking $250 for it, I was tempted to buy it but not sure.
My question is, were nickel plated Lugers produced like this or is this something that was done later?
Would appreciated any info, thanks robarr.

05-11-2003, 12:27 PM	#1
barr User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nickel plated Luger? I observed a nickel plated luger at a gun swap/show this past weekend. It was in fair to good condition and the seller said it was a good shooter. It had what looked to be mother of pearl grips, could be plastic. Supposedly has all matching parts and the ones that I could see did match. No magazine. It was a 4 digit serial no. on the front of the frame, no suffix. It had a letter(don't recall what)/42 on the top on the bolt, he said he thought it was a 1942 Mauser pistol. He was asking $250 for it, I was tempted to buy it but not sure. My question is, were nickel plated Lugers produced like this or is this something that was done later? Would appreciated any info, thanks robarr.