VOPO luger

jeffs · 06-03-2009, 05:45 PM

Dear Experts

This pistol recently went up on Gunbroker. Does it look at all as if it might be a VOPO rework, between the awkward reblue and the force matching of disparate parts (and despite the grips)?

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=130549778

Thanks,
Jeff

alanint · 06-03-2009, 07:04 PM

Internet sales language translation;
"I've never fired it" (here repeated twice in this add) = The gun is unreliable and jambs
"I don't know how to take it apart" = There are mismatched and/or broken parts inside that you will find once you own it
Personally I don't see any mismatched parts in the photos. It looks like a rework with repro grips

Ron Smith · 06-03-2009, 07:47 PM

It's a 1937 Mauser with a DWM toggle. It could be a VOPO. Ask him if it has import marks anyplace, bottom of the barrel etc.

Ice · 06-03-2009, 07:50 PM

Many will probably disagree but I'd put a bid of $500-$600 on it, cruddy as it is, just for a shooter. Lugers are tempermental but I've never had one that couldn't be fixed. It might make a fine project gun.

Charlie

06-03-2009, 05:45 PM	#1
jeffs User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 170 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	VOPO luger Dear Experts This pistol recently went up on Gunbroker. Does it look at all as if it might be a VOPO rework, between the awkward reblue and the force matching of disparate parts (and despite the grips)? http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=130549778 Thanks, Jeff

06-03-2009, 07:47 PM	#3
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	It's a 1937 Mauser with a DWM toggle. It could be a VOPO. Ask him if it has import marks anyplace, bottom of the barrel etc. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

06-03-2009, 07:04 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	Internet sales language translation; "I've never fired it" (here repeated twice in this add) = The gun is unreliable and jambs "I don't know how to take it apart" = There are mismatched and/or broken parts inside that you will find once you own it Personally I don't see any mismatched parts in the photos. It looks like a rework with repro grips

06-03-2009, 07:50 PM	#4
Ice User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 552 Thanks: 13 Thanked 69 Times in 57 Posts	Many will probably disagree but I'd put a bid of $500-$600 on it, cruddy as it is, just for a shooter. Lugers are tempermental but I've never had one that couldn't be fixed. It might make a fine project gun. Charlie