Another Gem

GerColctor · 08-11-2018, 03:18 PM

The German's never chromed their Lugers. Almost all marked presentation German pistols are the small .32 cal variety. A Luger was just another military "tool" and not really considered anything special, except to the American, Canadians & British solders who picked them up on the battlefields.

The chrome job on this pistol was done post war, most likely in the US.

MikeP · 08-11-2018, 03:28 PM

I saw a nice all matching 1914 at an estate sale a while back. it went for $600. I quit at $500.
You used to see a lot of WW2 chromed stuff at gun shows in the 50s and 60s.

08-11-2018, 03:18 PM	#1
GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 318 Thanks: 2 Thanked 53 Times in 33 Posts	The German's never chromed their Lugers. Almost all marked presentation German pistols are the small .32 cal variety. A Luger was just another military "tool" and not really considered anything special, except to the American, Canadians & British solders who picked them up on the battlefields. The chrome job on this pistol was done post war, most likely in the US. __________________ It is better to have lived a day as a tiger, then a thousand years as a lamb.

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08-11-2018, 03:28 PM	#2
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	I saw a nice all matching 1914 at an estate sale a while back. it went for $600. I quit at $500. You used to see a lot of WW2 chromed stuff at gun shows in the 50s and 60s.