It spoke to me

oneshy · 07-10-2006, 05:03 PM

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...?Item=51885168

policeluger · 07-10-2006, 06:09 PM

Its been speaking to me for a long time.....I should have listened, glad it found a nice home

Ron Smith · 07-10-2006, 06:19 PM

John,

A very nice police re-work. I have seen it for a while also. It's about time someone nailed it. Congratulations! Not a bad deal...

Ron

oneshy · 07-11-2006, 12:21 AM

I came back here with much trepidation as to my decision and your opinion. I feel a lot better now. Thank you all very much for sharing your knowlege with me.

Pete Ebbink · 07-11-2006, 12:41 AM

John,

Here is another way to look at your $ 1800 win on the auction. Holster at about $ 250, price of an extra magazine about $ 120, TD tool another $ 100...your price on the luger by itself is very good.

Ron Smith · 07-11-2006, 10:51 AM

John,

Pete's dead-on. You got a good price on it. I would have jumped on it, but couldn't afford it, and all of the others that I found. Congratulations!!

oneshy · 07-11-2006, 12:39 PM

Thank you both for the good word. I'm surprised that I've actually gotten one right. You know I've become afflicted by that dreaded disease.

policeluger · 07-11-2006, 02:45 PM

You ever want out....let me know, as I would live to add this to my collection...was just busy buying other police Lugers...serious.

hqbmw · 07-12-2006, 01:42 AM

Well bought! It had been speaking to me but I got too busy and didn't listen. I just sold a rig VERY similar to the one you purchased and was going to use this one to replace it. I got significantly more for my rig than you paid. I would say VERY well bought.

Jack Hiles
Mesa AZ

A.Mifsin · 08-15-2006, 02:26 AM

Ron, How did you know it was a police re-work from the photos?

Don M · 08-15-2006, 09:12 AM

John,

Congratulations on a good buy! When you get it, please look at the marking on the back of the holster below the maker's mark and see if you can make out what it was before it was stippled out. It looks like it may have been a LandjÃ?Â¤gerei marking (L.?.??.). Many of the 1929 Cobau holsters went to the LandjÃ?Â¤gerei.

oneshy · 08-15-2006, 11:31 AM

OK Don. I've received the piece and I will return with the info as it is at my brother's house at the moment.

oneshy · 08-15-2006, 06:23 PM

Near as I can make out without a mag.glass, it's stamped L.Ka.59. Although lower case, the a is as tall as the K. There may be a no. 1 between the L. and the K.

Don M · 08-15-2006, 11:55 PM

John,

If the marking is L.Ka.59., it is from the LandjÃ?Â¤gerei (rural police) of the Prussian district of Kassel.

oneshy · 08-16-2006, 12:41 PM

Thanks for the additional info Don. It really helps complete the history for me and adds to my interest in these pistols. Thanks again.

07-10-2006, 05:03 PM	#1
oneshy User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houma,La Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It spoke to me http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...?Item=51885168

07-10-2006, 06:19 PM	#3
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	John, A very nice police re-work. I have seen it for a while also. It's about time someone nailed it. Congratulations! Not a bad deal... Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

07-11-2006, 10:51 AM	#6
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	John, Pete's dead-on. You got a good price on it. I would have jumped on it, but couldn't afford it, and all of the others that I found. Congratulations!! __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

07-12-2006, 01:42 AM	#9
hqbmw User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 228 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well bought! It had been speaking to me but I got too busy and didn't listen. I just sold a rig VERY similar to the one you purchased and was going to use this one to replace it. I got significantly more for my rig than you paid. I would say VERY well bought. Jack Hiles Mesa AZ __________________ Jack Hiles Mesa AZ

08-15-2006, 02:26 AM	#10
A.Mifsin User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Malta Posts: 570 Thanks: 74 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Ron, How did you know it was a police re-work from the photos? __________________ I prefer a Luger

07-10-2006, 06:09 PM	#2
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	Its been speaking to me for a long time.....I should have listened, glad it found a nice home

07-11-2006, 12:21 AM	#4
oneshy User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houma,La Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I came back here with much trepidation as to my decision and your opinion. I feel a lot better now. Thank you all very much for sharing your knowlege with me.

07-11-2006, 12:41 AM	#5
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	John, Here is another way to look at your $ 1800 win on the auction. Holster at about $ 250, price of an extra magazine about $ 120, TD tool another $ 100...your price on the luger by itself is very good.

07-11-2006, 12:39 PM	#7
oneshy User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houma,La Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thank you both for the good word. I'm surprised that I've actually gotten one right. You know I've become afflicted by that dreaded disease.

07-11-2006, 02:45 PM	#8
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	You ever want out....let me know, as I would live to add this to my collection...was just busy buying other police Lugers...serious.

08-15-2006, 09:12 AM	#11
Don M Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,429 Thanks: 67 Thanked 292 Times in 191 Posts	John, Congratulations on a good buy! When you get it, please look at the marking on the back of the holster below the maker's mark and see if you can make out what it was before it was stippled out. It looks like it may have been a LandjÃ?Â¤gerei marking (L.?.??.). Many of the 1929 Cobau holsters went to the LandjÃ?Â¤gerei. __________________ Regards, Don donmaus1@aol.com Author of History Writ in Steel: German Police Markings 1900-1936 http://www.historywritinsteel.com

08-15-2006, 11:31 AM	#12
oneshy User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houma,La Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	OK Don. I've received the piece and I will return with the info as it is at my brother's house at the moment.

08-15-2006, 06:23 PM	#13
oneshy User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houma,La Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Near as I can make out without a mag.glass, it's stamped L.Ka.59. Although lower case, the a is as tall as the K. There may be a no. 1 between the L. and the K.

08-15-2006, 11:55 PM	#14
Don M Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,429 Thanks: 67 Thanked 292 Times in 191 Posts	John, If the marking is L.Ka.59., it is from the LandjÃ?Â¤gerei (rural police) of the Prussian district of Kassel. __________________ Regards, Don donmaus1@aol.com Author of History Writ in Steel: German Police Markings 1900-1936 http://www.historywritinsteel.com

08-16-2006, 12:41 PM	#15
oneshy User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houma,La Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the additional info Don. It really helps complete the history for me and adds to my interest in these pistols. Thanks again.