Dirty lugers

Diver6106 · 07-23-2021, 10:37 AM

I enjoy cleaning a Luger after purchasing the gun. I like to strip them completely down and examine all the parts and see if they match with numbers. Especially when they are so old and sometimes missing parts, broken springs or have field expedient fixes. If it hasn't been cleaned and stripped since the war, you can find some interesting things. Under the detents, pins and springs, there is grime and soil from all the time it spent in the field. I often wish I could send it in to see what battlefields it came from. You can find surprises in scratches or notes under the grips. And then - it is just good fun to really get to know YOUR Luger.

07-23-2021, 10:37 AM	#13
Diver6106 User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Mt. Vernon VA Posts: 245 Thanks: 1,430 Thanked 117 Times in 75 Posts	I enjoy cleaning a Luger after purchasing the gun. I like to strip them completely down and examine all the parts and see if they match with numbers. Especially when they are so old and sometimes missing parts, broken springs or have field expedient fixes. If it hasn't been cleaned and stripped since the war, you can find some interesting things. Under the detents, pins and springs, there is grime and soil from all the time it spent in the field. I often wish I could send it in to see what battlefields it came from. You can find surprises in scratches or notes under the grips. And then - it is just good fun to really get to know YOUR Luger.