Luger for sale locally, what should I look for?

weasel_master · 03-13-2007, 05:07 PM

I'm visiting NC and have been stopping at pawn shops along the way. Today I walked into one and they had a luger for $275. It was a .22lr model. Having been the first time I've held one I had no idea what to look for. The only problem I saw right away was the safety lever was loose. It wouldn't click into place, everytime you pushed it up, it just fell back down. When I went to **** it, the firing pin would stick through the front of the bolt when the toggle was pulled all the way back. What else should I look for? Are these problems easy fixes?

Oberleutnant · 03-13-2007, 06:17 PM

weasel_master, was it a Luger with a conversion kit, or was it a copy from ERMA? I have two ERMA and one WWII conversion kit and all of them work great with High Velocity Ammo. Standard Velocity Ammo will cause problems. Spareparts for ERMA are meanwhile rare to find. I heard. that CDS (Carbine Discount Shop, owner is Mr. Ehrenreich) in Germany, bought up the whole rest of ERMA.

Oberleutnant

thegundude · 03-13-2007, 06:32 PM

It may also be a Stoeger .22 "Luger". I doubt anyone would sell a real Luger with a conversion kit in it for under three bills.

If this is a Stoeger, $275 seems a tad high, IMHO, especially if the safety lever is loose...

MFC · 03-13-2007, 06:33 PM

There's also a Stoeger .22 cal. Luger which goes for about that much on all the gun auction sites, and don't have any problems.
Mike C.

Ron Wood · 03-13-2007, 07:02 PM

It probably is a Stoeger "Luger" and is $275 worth of grief. They are not all that well made and really not worth repairing.

Ron Smith · 03-13-2007, 08:34 PM

I am in agreement with Ron. It will turn out to be a PIA...

weasel_master · 03-13-2007, 10:12 PM

That's what I figured. I set it down shortly after handling it.

thegundude · 03-13-2007, 10:19 PM

Good man!

lugerholsterrepair · 03-13-2007, 11:20 PM

Sort of akin to making love to a rubber blow up doll...Not that I could give you any details but it's best to wait untill the real thing comes along...Jerry Burney

the gunman · 03-14-2007, 08:27 AM

If anyone interested I have one of the stoger.22 cal as new in the box with the spare magazine, magazine loader and the manuals. Box in good condtion 375.00 + shipping

Big Norm · 03-14-2007, 03:15 PM

Weasel_master,
just to perfectly satisfy yourself, why not look on some of the big name auctions, like GunBroker and others, and see if you can find something like the one you were looking at. Use the names supplied above. That would put the finishing touch on your curiousity.
Big Norm

thegundude · 03-14-2007, 04:24 PM

Here's an Erma for $175 and no bids so far...

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...?Item=67450309

03-13-2007, 05:07 PM	#1
weasel_master User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Luger for sale locally, what should I look for? I'm visiting NC and have been stopping at pawn shops along the way. Today I walked into one and they had a luger for $275. It was a .22lr model. Having been the first time I've held one I had no idea what to look for. The only problem I saw right away was the safety lever was loose. It wouldn't click into place, everytime you pushed it up, it just fell back down. When I went to **** it, the firing pin would stick through the front of the bolt when the toggle was pulled all the way back. What else should I look for? Are these problems easy fixes?

03-13-2007, 06:17 PM	#2
Oberleutnant User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rhineland, Germany Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	weasel_master, was it a Luger with a conversion kit, or was it a copy from ERMA? I have two ERMA and one WWII conversion kit and all of them work great with High Velocity Ammo. Standard Velocity Ammo will cause problems. Spareparts for ERMA are meanwhile rare to find. I heard. that CDS (Carbine Discount Shop, owner is Mr. Ehrenreich) in Germany, bought up the whole rest of ERMA. Oberleutnant __________________ 4. FallschirmjÃ?Â¤gerbataillon 263 Honor et Virtus

03-13-2007, 06:32 PM	#3
thegundude User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NC Posts: 1,137 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	It may also be a Stoeger .22 "Luger". I doubt anyone would sell a real Luger with a conversion kit in it for under three bills. If this is a Stoeger, $275 seems a tad high, IMHO, especially if the safety lever is loose... __________________ Keep your knees in the breeze and your iron in the air. ~Steve

03-13-2007, 06:33 PM	#4
MFC User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,237 Thanks: 183 Thanked 281 Times in 162 Posts	There's also a Stoeger .22 cal. Luger which goes for about that much on all the gun auction sites, and don't have any problems. Mike C. __________________ Mike C.

03-13-2007, 07:02 PM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	It probably is a Stoeger "Luger" and is $275 worth of grief. They are not all that well made and really not worth repairing. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

03-13-2007, 08:34 PM	#6
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	I am in agreement with Ron. It will turn out to be a PIA... __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

03-13-2007, 10:12 PM	#7
weasel_master User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That's what I figured. I set it down shortly after handling it.

03-13-2007, 10:19 PM	#8
thegundude User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NC Posts: 1,137 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	Good man! __________________ Keep your knees in the breeze and your iron in the air. ~Steve

03-13-2007, 11:20 PM	#9
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Sort of akin to making love to a rubber blow up doll...Not that I could give you any details but it's best to wait untill the real thing comes along...Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

03-14-2007, 08:27 AM	#10
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	If anyone interested I have one of the stoger.22 cal as new in the box with the spare magazine, magazine loader and the manuals. Box in good condtion 375.00 + shipping

03-14-2007, 03:15 PM	#11
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Weasel_master, just to perfectly satisfy yourself, why not look on some of the big name auctions, like GunBroker and others, and see if you can find something like the one you were looking at. Use the names supplied above. That would put the finishing touch on your curiousity. Big Norm

03-14-2007, 04:24 PM	#12
thegundude User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NC Posts: 1,137 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	Here's an Erma for $175 and no bids so far... http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...?Item=67450309 __________________ Keep your knees in the breeze and your iron in the air. ~Steve

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