New member with a Luger project - Page 2

Douglas Jr. · 06-12-2012, 12:22 PM

Welcome to the forum!
I really enjoy this kind of project.
I'll be following your efforts closely. Keep posting!

Douglas

alanint · 06-12-2012, 12:47 PM

Since you are going to refinish, I would suggest "gun kote" or other similar oven cured finish, which fills in uneven surfaces to an extent, giving a much smoother finish, (be careful of buildup on all bearing surfaces).
Another option would be to nickel!

glock30 · 06-12-2012, 03:31 PM

Fix her up and get her running! Nothing a sear and spring set won't fix. I have a standard recoil spring here, and a striker spring for ya and striker if you need it. I have had pitting worse than that on my Spreewerke P-38 and it shot great. Get it up and running, you'll love it.

lugerholsterrepair · 06-12-2012, 08:40 PM

As soon as that auction hit $382 Latvians grabbed metal detectors and headed for the farm fields! They will be digging up every acre...What kind of person would want that hunk O junk for 10 cents?

tater134 · 06-13-2012, 10:38 AM

Once again thank you for the replies and the encouragement everyone! I took a long drive to my parts guys shop yesterday and he was almost completely cleaned out of Luger parts. I ended up coming home with a mag release button and spring and a firing pin spring. Paid $20 for the three parts which seemed reasonable.

Douglas Jr. · 06-13-2012, 10:35 AM

The funny thing is that every rust piece of junk that comes from the former Eastern Front was dug up nearby Moscow, Stalingrad (the majority), Leningrad or Kurland (in a less extent). All four year of brutal fight are usually sumit up to four battles.

alanint · 06-13-2012, 11:00 AM

Contact Luger Doc, (Tom Heller) here on the site. Tom will have virtually everything you need to complete the pistol.

Terry Tiell · 08-04-2012, 03:17 PM

Thats awesome man go for it! Mine was in just as rough a shape if not worse but I at least had all the parts. Before....

I spent about 2 months and now this is what mine looks like....

I found a few better parts so I'm getting them and plan to re-re-do it and see if I an get the bluing to come out better then it did my first try. Don't give up man it'll be a great shooter some day! Oh and don't worry if the barrel has some pitting inside it may yet have a good grouping and you won't know that till you shoot it for the first time. The crown is the key and if thats still decent she should still have a good grouping.

06-12-2012, 08:40 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	As soon as that auction hit $382 Latvians grabbed metal detectors and headed for the farm fields! They will be digging up every acre...What kind of person would want that hunk O junk for 10 cents? __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

08-04-2012, 03:17 PM	#8
Terry Tiell User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: The Fascist State of Maryland Posts: 224 Thanks: 55 Thanked 26 Times in 14 Posts	Thats awesome man go for it! Mine was in just as rough a shape if not worse but I at least had all the parts. Before.... I spent about 2 months and now this is what mine looks like.... I found a few better parts so I'm getting them and plan to re-re-do it and see if I an get the bluing to come out better then it did my first try. Don't give up man it'll be a great shooter some day! Oh and don't worry if the barrel has some pitting inside it may yet have a good grouping and you won't know that till you shoot it for the first time. The crown is the key and if thats still decent she should still have a good grouping. __________________ Trying to redo grand dads Luger the best I can.

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06-12-2012, 12:22 PM	#1
Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	Welcome to the forum! I really enjoy this kind of project. I'll be following your efforts closely. Keep posting! Douglas

06-12-2012, 12:47 PM	#2
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Since you are going to refinish, I would suggest "gun kote" or other similar oven cured finish, which fills in uneven surfaces to an extent, giving a much smoother finish, (be careful of buildup on all bearing surfaces). Another option would be to nickel!

06-12-2012, 03:31 PM	#3
glock30 User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Obama LAND Posts: 206 Thanks: 18 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	Fix her up and get her running! Nothing a sear and spring set won't fix. I have a standard recoil spring here, and a striker spring for ya and striker if you need it. I have had pitting worse than that on my Spreewerke P-38 and it shot great. Get it up and running, you'll love it.

06-13-2012, 10:38 AM	#5
tater134 User Join Date: May 2012 Location: NE, PA Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Once again thank you for the replies and the encouragement everyone! I took a long drive to my parts guys shop yesterday and he was almost completely cleaned out of Luger parts. I ended up coming home with a mag release button and spring and a firing pin spring. Paid $20 for the three parts which seemed reasonable.

06-13-2012, 10:35 AM	#6
Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	The funny thing is that every rust piece of junk that comes from the former Eastern Front was dug up nearby Moscow, Stalingrad (the majority), Leningrad or Kurland (in a less extent). All four year of brutal fight are usually sumit up to four battles.

06-13-2012, 11:00 AM	#7
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Contact Luger Doc, (Tom Heller) here on the site. Tom will have virtually everything you need to complete the pistol.