Comments on my first luger.

[Dwight Gruber]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Len:
<strong>..most of the deeper pits have signs of red rust...Pistol does not say "Made in Germany" anywhere...There are no markings or any stamps or writing of any kind on the barrel...I'm afraid to dismantel the trigger plate as I have never done that and am somewhat of a klutz!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Len,

Knowing now about the rust in the pits, from the photos it looks like you have essentially a very nice, original-finish Luger. Its too bad about the barrel.

Since the barrel has no markings it was probably rebarrelled in the US at some point in its life--the United States has no national proof law. In my opinion you can confidently have this gun rebarrelled to 9mm.

You needn't feel klutzlike about field stripping your Luger. It is a simple and fairly foolproof procedure, and if (as you imply) you are going to be shooting this gun, it is something you will need to master.

Red rust in the pits indicates that this rust is still active, and you should take steps to neutralize and remove it. A search through the Luger Forum will get y0ou methods for doing this.

--Dwight