Hand Me Down ID

Mac Cat · 10-10-2022, 11:27 AM

Welcome and thanks for sharing your Luger with us.

You have some priceless provenance that makes it worth keeping.

It's not collectable, but it's still a handsome pistol - of course, I've never seen a luger that I wasn't interested in !

The resoration evidence is very obvious in your photos - the heavy brush or sander marks. All the sharp edges along the top are rounded out and smooth. Then it was refinished (re-blued).

It looks like the frame was a 1920 era commercial luger, to me.
I can't tell much from the unmarked magazine, but I think it was a later version.

Look on the front of the frame and under the barrel, as well as the right side of the frame for more markings.

They didn't always have all the military stamps and markings, but look around inside. Some of the commercial lugers were converted from military versions, so they would have the numbered small parts.

You can get to the firing pin pretty easily.

10-10-2022, 11:27 AM	#8
Mac Cat Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 770 Thanks: 2,191 Thanked 657 Times in 351 Posts	Welcome and thanks for sharing your Luger with us. You have some priceless provenance that makes it worth keeping. It's not collectable, but it's still a handsome pistol - of course, I've never seen a luger that I wasn't interested in ! The resoration evidence is very obvious in your photos - the heavy brush or sander marks. All the sharp edges along the top are rounded out and smooth. Then it was refinished (re-blued). It looks like the frame was a 1920 era commercial luger, to me. I can't tell much from the unmarked magazine, but I think it was a later version. Look on the front of the frame and under the barrel, as well as the right side of the frame for more markings. They didn't always have all the military stamps and markings, but look around inside. Some of the commercial lugers were converted from military versions, so they would have the numbered small parts. You can get to the firing pin pretty easily.