Need help ID Luger

mrerick · 03-28-2017, 03:19 PM

It's not that uncommon to find Lugers with the sideplate removed and hidden as a safety effort...

Don't let anyone touch your Luger unless they have experience fitting parts and know the mechanism well. Your gunsmith apparently has no background working with them. Most gunsmiths will not tell you what they don't know.

You can get a replacement side plate, but it must be fitted to work properly. That fitting task takes experience. Tom Heller on this board is a gunsmith with that experience. I'm sure there are others, but be sure before you let them work on it.

Had you let your gunsmith continue, you'd be looking for a sear bar too...

In 1936, these Mauser made Lugers were finished by rust bluing and several small parts strawed.

aldo35 · 03-28-2017, 09:31 PM

Welcome to the forum, the spring attached to your sear indicates this pistol may have been a police service pistol. Examine the pistol for markings which are indications of the police unit. There are experts on this forum who easily ID that kind of info.

I believe the side plate on police Lugers are different than the military in order to accommodate this spring.

Aldo35

Edward Tinker · 03-28-2017, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by aldo35

I believe the side plate on police Lugers are different than the military in order to accommodate this spring.

Aldo35

It does, the police side plate has been cut on the top, a regular side plate will not go on correctly

03-28-2017, 03:19 PM	#1
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	It's not that uncommon to find Lugers with the sideplate removed and hidden as a safety effort... Don't let anyone touch your Luger unless they have experience fitting parts and know the mechanism well. Your gunsmith apparently has no background working with them. Most gunsmiths will not tell you what they don't know. You can get a replacement side plate, but it must be fitted to work properly. That fitting task takes experience. Tom Heller on this board is a gunsmith with that experience. I'm sure there are others, but be sure before you let them work on it. Had you let your gunsmith continue, you'd be looking for a sear bar too... In 1936, these Mauser made Lugers were finished by rust bluing and several small parts strawed. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

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03-28-2017, 09:31 PM	#2
aldo35 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northern GA Posts: 390 Thanks: 2,298 Thanked 184 Times in 91 Posts	Welcome to the forum, the spring attached to your sear indicates this pistol may have been a police service pistol. Examine the pistol for markings which are indications of the police unit. There are experts on this forum who easily ID that kind of info. I believe the side plate on police Lugers are different than the military in order to accommodate this spring. Aldo35