Re: Weimar era Lugers

I fully agree with you guys. This relates to my respect and maybe even preference for guns that were clearly work horses and can show fair wear and tear (as oposed to post war abuse and alteration) and may not be in almost new condition. As you stated most Weimar Lugers were Imperial era that survived WWI and the attempted communist revolutions of 1919-1921 (except for a few 1920's made Simsons). Jan Still does an excellent job of documenting the re-work and re-issue that these pistols under went. Impressive also is the fact that perhaps as many as 200,000 of these pistols (Army, Navy, and Police) were used during the Third Reich period. This is to say that all surviving Weimar Lugers saw continued use during the 1933-45 era. When one adds the Weimar Luger numbers to the Third Reich era production you get a total number of Lugers that were used in WWII that is somewhat (but not tremendously) higher than total P.38 production for the war!