shooting a # matching luger- collector value range

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by battering ram

ive been offered 2 original tools...not sure of values


WaA 135 from 1941 or 1942 $200 the other is a WW1 tool used by the Weimar police between the war and numbered 30 for $100.

as its not matching to the gun and i dont really need it i think ill skip it...spending too much $$

A good choice is a DDR tool (east german made after the war) - any Repro tool is almost always soft and weak, I have bent them.

A DDR or even a blank DWM tool can be had for less than $50 - I have several (unsure if I have any DDR tools)

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ref the barrel marking, looks off to me, but must be me, everyone else seems to think it is fine.

Parts - as above - I can find Dwight Grubers parts breakage listing, but as Marc said all the info you are asking is in the FAQ (Marc, who took the old FAQ which I wrote hah hah - okay, compiled) and Marc re-did it completely. It is now an outstanding resource!

Books, there are several threads, at least one is a stickie

Basic ones, 1-Lugers at Random, old and out of date, but nice to read, 2- Datig's, 3-Jones, 4- Walters Luger book is very good, I forget which is an encyclopedia, good, but the Luger Story is just a good read.

And then any of Jan Still's books (4 or 5 of them)
Joop and Don's the Parabellum Luger

Specialty books, Simson Lugers, Police Lugers, Don maus Police unit book, krieghoff, etc

Some books are not worth the time even tho inexpensive..


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