New Luger Owner Possibly a "SNEAK"...

[ithacaartist]

Shannon...

One more thing: Since the last pics you've posted are from Photobucket, it would seem that nobody has yet mentioned that for the sake of future members, researchers, trouble-shooters, etc., pics should be uploaded directly to this site. Pics on third party photo hosts tend to disappear--for whatever reason--and thus the info they contain is lost, sometimes making an entire thread pointless or unintelligible to those who wish to follow these footsteps.

[HerrKaiser]

Hey Kyrie, Don, et all, looks like we found another Luger purchased for under $1000! This one was even in the specified $500-$800 range.

DedHed, for one, it’s not an all matching gun. Your trigger assembly is marked differently as is your firing pin and hold open at the very least. Your pistol’s profile matches a description of a 1911 or earlier Military gun given the hidden location of the numbers on the side plate and takedown lever. That would also mean that the holdopen is not original and was added at some point either by a German armory (which doesn’t make sense given that the holdopen is not matching) or by someone who knows what they are doing with Lugers. Despite this, it does have military proofings on the right side of the gun with a matching frame, barrel, and toggle minus the firing pin. It also has a faint hint of a unit mark on the front of the frame/grip. (Speaking of which, are the grips numbered?). Your pistol has been buffed and/or reblued which took away the chamber and toggle inscriptions and relegates it to shooter status. So long as it works properly, you got an excellent deal on a shooter for only $700.