Do you remember your first

alvin · 02-22-2012, 06:57 PM

My absolute first Luger was an "Original Mauser Parabellum" (a.k.a. Interarms Luger). That's 1996. It was sold to me as a used gun but it apparently had not been fired by the previous owner, coming with box, manual, etc, everything, even had a small round plastic token with Mauser sign. I was charged $750 (?), it's lots of money for me at that time and it's my most valuable pistol.

It shot great in range. There was only one thing I did not feel comfortable. For unknown reason, the trigger and safety level had no blue but there were not silver bright. Not knowing that's a special kind of finish, I decided to sand them bright. Bought fine sand papers from Walmart and I did the job. The trigger was easy, it's sanded mirror bright. But I could not remove the safety level and had to give up on sanding it.

That gun was long gone, but it's a very impressive pistol.

02-22-2012, 06:57 PM	#1
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	My absolute first Luger was an "Original Mauser Parabellum" (a.k.a. Interarms Luger). That's 1996. It was sold to me as a used gun but it apparently had not been fired by the previous owner, coming with box, manual, etc, everything, even had a small round plastic token with Mauser sign. I was charged $750 (?), it's lots of money for me at that time and it's my most valuable pistol. It shot great in range. There was only one thing I did not feel comfortable. For unknown reason, the trigger and safety level had no blue but there were not silver bright. Not knowing that's a special kind of finish, I decided to sand them bright. Bought fine sand papers from Walmart and I did the job. The trigger was easy, it's sanded mirror bright. But I could not remove the safety level and had to give up on sanding it. That gun was long gone, but it's a very impressive pistol.