Luger Longevity!!

Diver6106 · 05-18-2015, 08:25 PM

Lugers were sold around the world and were popular, so extra parts were made. These parts, with worn out frames, dug up parts and damaged pistols, allow many to be resurrected into finished pistols. Then there are those making parts and some doctoring them to make 'shooters' look like 'collectors', the monetary incentive is certainly there. I find it very interesting, that you can still get your P-08 made into a carbine. The popularity is still there. Then add forgotten guns in closets and arms warehouses, and countries entering the international market, like China and there are sales that will continue. Also factor in older collectors that pass them on to family that want to sell them off and you never know what will turn up. I remember when Broomhandle Mausers showed up from Chinese surplus and Martini-Henrys from Nepal. Who knows what deals are in the warehouses of Interarms, Russia, the old Warsaw Pact nations and others.

As for unit ids, that was WWI, so you won't find them in later Lugers or P.38s. So most will be unmarked. That is one of the reasons I like the old warn out veteran Lugers, they can be traced to units.

05-18-2015, 08:25 PM	#2
Diver6106 User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Mt. Vernon VA Posts: 246 Thanks: 1,436 Thanked 119 Times in 76 Posts	Lugers were sold around the world and were popular, so extra parts were made. These parts, with worn out frames, dug up parts and damaged pistols, allow many to be resurrected into finished pistols. Then there are those making parts and some doctoring them to make 'shooters' look like 'collectors', the monetary incentive is certainly there. I find it very interesting, that you can still get your P-08 made into a carbine. The popularity is still there. Then add forgotten guns in closets and arms warehouses, and countries entering the international market, like China and there are sales that will continue. Also factor in older collectors that pass them on to family that want to sell them off and you never know what will turn up. I remember when Broomhandle Mausers showed up from Chinese surplus and Martini-Henrys from Nepal. Who knows what deals are in the warehouses of Interarms, Russia, the old Warsaw Pact nations and others. As for unit ids, that was WWI, so you won't find them in later Lugers or P.38s. So most will be unmarked. That is one of the reasons I like the old warn out veteran Lugers, they can be traced to units.