New guy with many questions

mystical_tutor · 01-02-2009, 04:22 PM

Rick;

I think that is a real interesting piece. I wish it could talk. As pointed out the "Germany" stamps make it most interesting. I might point out that if the exact history of the piece could be known and if it is a rework for export to the US in the '20s it would be a much more valuable part of overall Luger history then the most pristine 1938 S/42 (IMHO).
Problem is, no one will probably ever know for sure and any halfway competent gunsmith today could reproduce one quite like it (though chances are REAL good he wouldn't grind the stock lug off, making that a solid and almost irrefutable factor in dating it).

If you are going to keep some of your Lugers as examples of one of the most exotic an memerable handguns ever made, I would suggest you keep this one. It is almost living history.

If not, get a really good magazine for it and go out and have fun.

The opinions expressed herein are most likely NOT shared by many Luger collectors...LOL

Major Gary Adkison (USA_RET)

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01-02-2009, 04:22 PM	#10
mystical_tutor User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 230 Thanks: 32 Thanked 39 Times in 25 Posts	Rick; I think that is a real interesting piece. I wish it could talk. As pointed out the "Germany" stamps make it most interesting. I might point out that if the exact history of the piece could be known and if it is a rework for export to the US in the '20s it would be a much more valuable part of overall Luger history then the most pristine 1938 S/42 (IMHO). Problem is, no one will probably ever know for sure and any halfway competent gunsmith today could reproduce one quite like it (though chances are REAL good he wouldn't grind the stock lug off, making that a solid and almost irrefutable factor in dating it). If you are going to keep some of your Lugers as examples of one of the most exotic an memerable handguns ever made, I would suggest you keep this one. It is almost living history. If not, get a really good magazine for it and go out and have fun. The opinions expressed herein are most likely NOT shared by many Luger collectors...LOL Major Gary Adkison (USA_RET)