Navy Luger

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John, Interesting post...This used to be a pistol worth many thousands..when the barrel went AWOL it shed $$ like a dog shakes off water.
Still an interesting pistol and would be more interesting with a 9MM barrel.
Is Germany stamped on it anywhere?

the Navy was short on lugers so they got commercial and put Navy markings on them. As Ron says..this started out as an Imperial Navy. The .30 Luger is not a military cartridge but more of a Weimar time frame conversion. Perhaps sold into the USA in the 1920's. Hence my question about the GERMANY marking.

Hard to say what kind of market price you may get..Because of the conversion to .30 Luger and the original barrel missing it is pretty much a very interesting shooter. $800 would be about right except for the Navy sight, frame, markings & grip safety. Some depends on what the internals might look like when you take it apart. The right grip needs some TLC. It depends on how quick you want to sell. It will sell immediately at $1,000-1,200. Might take some time to squeeze $1500 out of it. Some collector might find it interesting enough to give more but the economy is a little rough. With the original barrel it might have been $5000-7000.

Jerry Burney