Interested in buying first Luger

FNorm · 01-02-2010, 08:55 PM

I don't want to write a book. All the info is here on the Forum.

1. 9mm military are the most preferred. Generally speaking .30 cal were mostly commercial after WWI, except for the Swiss. There's a lot of them out there for sale. Depends on your market, but I think I saw where .30 cals run about 200 less than a 9mm. Mauser made approx 38% of all lugers, or about a million. They were the major mfger after 1933-34.

2. Just a bit more than a normal field strip. The grips for example.
see some of the albums, or posts with pix.

3. Look the pieces over. You'll see them. Or in most cases the last two numbers. Side plates are different. Later lugers had the first two numbers plus 1 inside, last two number outside. The front of the frame has the full serial number, including any letter suffix. That's important.

4. It's either all matching or it isn't. Most do not have matching magazines. One matching mag is plus 25%. If a shooter, the most important are the trigger, side plate, sear bar.

01-02-2010, 08:55 PM	#5
FNorm Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 978 Thanks: 68 Thanked 127 Times in 108 Posts	I don't want to write a book. All the info is here on the Forum. 1. 9mm military are the most preferred. Generally speaking .30 cal were mostly commercial after WWI, except for the Swiss. There's a lot of them out there for sale. Depends on your market, but I think I saw where .30 cals run about 200 less than a 9mm. Mauser made approx 38% of all lugers, or about a million. They were the major mfger after 1933-34. 2. Just a bit more than a normal field strip. The grips for example. see some of the albums, or posts with pix. 3. Look the pieces over. You'll see them. Or in most cases the last two numbers. Side plates are different. Later lugers had the first two numbers plus 1 inside, last two number outside. The front of the frame has the full serial number, including any letter suffix. That's important. 4. It's either all matching or it isn't. Most do not have matching magazines. One matching mag is plus 25%. If a shooter, the most important are the trigger, side plate, sear bar. Last edited by FNorm; 01-02-2010 at 09:03 PM. Reason: add