are surplus lugers pretty much gone?

Jim Mac · 12-10-2016, 08:46 AM

Reading the $600 shooter luger thread got me to thinking. R guns had those $599 russian lugers about three years ago. I sortn of wished I would have bought one then.
What's the opinion of some importer find in another cache or lugers and bringing them to market? Jim

DavidJayUden · 12-10-2016, 09:06 AM

I'd expect it to happen periodically. No reason to doubt that there are crates of them left in some Slovic warehouse.
If they can import them and sell at a profit, great.
There were some Swiss Lugers released about a year ago.
dju

DonVoigt · 12-10-2016, 09:55 AM

Any thing is possible.

You can still buy one- just not $599!

mrerick · 12-10-2016, 11:13 PM

The Israelis have recently been selling a fairly large number of FN Hi Power pistols on our market. I bought one a couple of years ago that was pristine refinished with a parkerized finish. They have a small Hebrew glyph stamped on them representing the unit that they were assigned to.

I wonder if their Lugers were sold of much earlier... These were 1990 vintage guns.

Edward Tinker · 12-10-2016, 11:30 PM

I remember a ton of P38's, but I seem to have missed out on any $599 lugers. The last group of surplus lugers I remember were sold by Brooks (?) and they were like $899 and up I think. I haven't seen east german or russian since the early 2000's

12-10-2016, 08:46 AM	#1
Jim Mac User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 264 Thanks: 2 Thanked 70 Times in 37 Posts	are surplus lugers pretty much gone? Reading the $600 shooter luger thread got me to thinking. R guns had those $599 russian lugers about three years ago. I sortn of wished I would have bought one then. What's the opinion of some importer find in another cache or lugers and bringing them to market? Jim

12-10-2016, 09:55 AM	#3
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,355 Times in 2,041 Posts	Any thing is possible. You can still buy one- just not $599! __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	The Israelis have recently been selling a fairly large number of FN Hi Power pistols on our market. I bought one a couple of years ago that was pristine refinished with a parkerized finish. They have a small Hebrew glyph stamped on them representing the unit that they were assigned to. I wonder if their Lugers were sold of much earlier... These were 1990 vintage guns. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

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12-10-2016, 09:06 AM	#2
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	I'd expect it to happen periodically. No reason to doubt that there are crates of them left in some Slovic warehouse. If they can import them and sell at a profit, great. There were some Swiss Lugers released about a year ago. dju

12-10-2016, 11:30 PM	#5
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	I remember a ton of P38's, but I seem to have missed out on any $599 lugers. The last group of surplus lugers I remember were sold by Brooks (?) and they were like $899 and up I think. I haven't seen east german or russian since the early 2000's