My 1921 Police Luger

policeluger · 12-31-2002, 06:58 PM

don95sml,
Will try and help if I can. "W.I.R." is most likly a WW1 military unit, and I can not find a reference too it. "S.B. 5380." is "Schutzpolizei Berlin" according too Jan Still, pg 196 of Weimar Lugers, and 5380 is gun number, not the number of Lugers in that distrct but weapon number. I would not let the non matching grip panel get too me. It happens often on repair/rework and yours is a police rework of a WW1 gun. With a non matching mag $975 may be a bit high. But when you factor in the cost of searching out gun shows and shops too find what your looking for, well if you are happy that is what counts. It was by no means overpriced, perhaps just top dollar.

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12-31-2002, 06:58 PM	#3
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	don95sml, Will try and help if I can. "W.I.R." is most likly a WW1 military unit, and I can not find a reference too it. "S.B. 5380." is "Schutzpolizei Berlin" according too Jan Still, pg 196 of Weimar Lugers, and 5380 is gun number, not the number of Lugers in that distrct but weapon number. I would not let the non matching grip panel get too me. It happens often on repair/rework and yours is a police rework of a WW1 gun. With a non matching mag $975 may be a bit high. But when you factor in the cost of searching out gun shows and shops too find what your looking for, well if you are happy that is what counts. It was by no means overpriced, perhaps just top dollar.