My first Luger

Hart2HartWW · 06-02-2020, 10:29 PM

First post!

I was recently visiting family and my uncle said he knew a guy that wanted to sell a Luger. I jumped at the opportunity. I don’t know much about it though. Paid 2k for it with 2 mags the holster and a drum mag. It was full of grease when I got it. Brought it home and cleaned it up. Fired a couple of rounds and it seems all good. Looks to be all numbers matching save the mags. Any info on it would be appreciated. Seems odd to have the black plastic grips on a 1936 with a 42 holster. I’m thinking it may have been reissued?

Thanks for looking.

Mac Cat · 06-02-2020, 10:56 PM

Nice score !

ithacaartist · 06-03-2020, 02:35 AM

You did great. The drum mag is worth almost as much as the pistol. Sweet!

Doubs · 06-03-2020, 02:45 AM

Welcome to the forum and I agree... you did well.

Sergio Natali · 06-03-2020, 10:11 AM

Nice way to start with Lugers, congrats!

mrerick · 06-03-2020, 07:51 PM

Welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your first Luger.

We publish a FAQ PDF document that you'll probably enjoy. Why not download a copy?

http://forum.lugerforum.com/faq.php

lugerholsterrepair · 06-04-2020, 12:26 PM

Nice! If you do nothing else..get some lanolin on the hinge of your new holster. It is so dry it will stark cracking with any use.

Good-Day · 06-04-2020, 09:50 PM

OK DAG GUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice Score for a first

You buy a Lotto Ticket Yet?

Hart2HartWW · 06-04-2020, 10:14 PM

Well my uncle has a pretty decent arms collection so I trusted him. Only weapon I’ve ever bought sight unseen though. I’m happy to hear I did well. I’ve wanted one for a while but the diversity of options and only being available over internet kept me on the sidelines. Never thought I’d have one like this. Got a little bit of the story on it yesterday.

The man I got it from was the son of a pilot who was flying back and forth to Europe after the war. Apparently he has quite a collection that dad brought back.

I started looking through the faq, and noticed my firing pin is not marked. Does this indicate a replacement?

mrerick · 06-05-2020, 11:25 AM

The factory installed firing pin for this pistol should have flute cuts and have the last two numeric digits of the pistol's serial number and acceptance markings.

What does your pin look like?

Edward Tinker · 06-06-2020, 01:42 AM

In ref to the grips - if grips were cracked or broken, an armorer would simply put on spares he had.

Or a GI liked how they looked - during or after the war

Pistol · 06-06-2020, 08:08 PM

Nice first rig. On the grips......you may be able to find some proper wood grips and sell the plastic ones to someone with a 41 or 42 BYF.

If they are real bakelite you could get decent money for them.

GerColctor · 06-09-2020, 06:59 PM

Great start into the Luger field of collecting. Much better then my 1st Luger purchase, which was a mismatch commercial, with parts from 3 different guns.

06-02-2020, 10:29 PM	#1
Hart2HartWW New User Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 13 Times in 1 Post	My first Luger First post! I was recently visiting family and my uncle said he knew a guy that wanted to sell a Luger. I jumped at the opportunity. I don’t know much about it though. Paid 2k for it with 2 mags the holster and a drum mag. It was full of grease when I got it. Brought it home and cleaned it up. Fired a couple of rounds and it seems all good. Looks to be all numbers matching save the mags. Any info on it would be appreciated. Seems odd to have the black plastic grips on a 1936 with a 42 holster. I’m thinking it may have been reissued? Thanks for looking. Attached Thumbnails

06-03-2020, 02:35 AM	#3
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,346 Thanks: 7,280 Thanked 2,578 Times in 1,365 Posts	You did great. The drum mag is worth almost as much as the pistol. Sweet! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

06-03-2020, 10:11 AM	#5
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Nice way to start with Lugers, congrats! __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

06-03-2020, 07:51 PM	#6
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,909 Thanks: 1,374 Thanked 3,110 Times in 1,510 Posts	Welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your first Luger. We publish a FAQ PDF document that you'll probably enjoy. Why not download a copy? http://forum.lugerforum.com/faq.php __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

06-04-2020, 12:26 PM	#7
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,772 Thanks: 4,933 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,434 Posts	Nice! If you do nothing else..get some lanolin on the hinge of your new holster. It is so dry it will stark cracking with any use. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

06-02-2020, 10:56 PM	#2
Mac Cat Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 730 Thanks: 2,093 Thanked 609 Times in 329 Posts	Nice score !

06-03-2020, 02:45 AM	#4
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,698 Thanks: 792 Thanked 1,686 Times in 554 Posts	Welcome to the forum and I agree... you did well.

06-04-2020, 09:50 PM	#8
Good-Day User Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Washington State Posts: 97 Thanks: 82 Thanked 101 Times in 32 Posts	OK DAG GUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice Score for a first You buy a Lotto Ticket Yet?

06-04-2020, 10:14 PM	#9
Hart2HartWW New User Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 13 Times in 1 Post	Well my uncle has a pretty decent arms collection so I trusted him. Only weapon I’ve ever bought sight unseen though. I’m happy to hear I did well. I’ve wanted one for a while but the diversity of options and only being available over internet kept me on the sidelines. Never thought I’d have one like this. Got a little bit of the story on it yesterday. The man I got it from was the son of a pilot who was flying back and forth to Europe after the war. Apparently he has quite a collection that dad brought back. I started looking through the faq, and noticed my firing pin is not marked. Does this indicate a replacement?

06-05-2020, 11:25 AM	#10
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,909 Thanks: 1,374 Thanked 3,110 Times in 1,510 Posts	The factory installed firing pin for this pistol should have flute cuts and have the last two numeric digits of the pistol's serial number and acceptance markings. What does your pin look like? __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

06-06-2020, 01:42 AM	#11
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,933 Thanks: 2,032 Thanked 4,530 Times in 2,092 Posts	In ref to the grips - if grips were cracked or broken, an armorer would simply put on spares he had. Or a GI liked how they looked - during or after the war

06-06-2020, 08:08 PM	#12
Pistol User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: TN Posts: 428 Thanks: 448 Thanked 220 Times in 99 Posts	Nice first rig. On the grips......you may be able to find some proper wood grips and sell the plastic ones to someone with a 41 or 42 BYF. If they are real bakelite you could get decent money for them.

06-09-2020, 06:59 PM	#13
GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 312 Thanks: 2 Thanked 45 Times in 29 Posts	Great start into the Luger field of collecting. Much better then my 1st Luger purchase, which was a mismatch commercial, with parts from 3 different guns. __________________ It is better to have lived a day as a tiger, then a thousand years as a lamb.