I wanted to share with you guys my Grandfather's Luger from WW2 Italy

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Interesting story allright . One wonders why a german officer would end up with a non issue holster and a couple of miss matched parts on the gun , but I'm sure there are many stranger stories to come out of the war .

The important thing , to me is its history . Please mister bastard [LOL] write everything down you know about it and keep it with the gun . To me a gun with an authenticated history is worth more than all matching numbers -- which I'm sure was of little concern when repairing and issuing weapons of war !

Here is yet another report [I've heard many] that servicemen did not like the 1911A1 .45 --- I wonder why ? Was it the recoil , marginal accuracy or poor training !? I've always felt it was an excellent pistol with a little fettling and practise . Although I love the luger , if I was getting into a real **** fight , the 1911A1 would probably be a better choice. Hard to beat those flying ash trays !