Need some help identifying luger I inherited please

mrerick · 06-22-2023, 01:41 PM

I can't make out the letters in your photos, but it could well be a "k" or a "b"... Do double check to see if it really is in .30 Luger caliber. Download our FAQ PDF document and check. Follow the FAQ link on every page. If it's a "b" suffix, it's not a Weimar era DWM Alphabet Commercial Luger. It's also numbered in the military numbering pattern, so it could well be an earlier pistol.

It rarely makes any financial sense to refinish or "restore" these. They don't have that much value. Perhaps $1200 to $1500 in this condition. Restored wouldn't increase it's value and would cost you $1000.

We do need better pictures showing details of the markings. Take them with a camera that can focus on detail, in natural light without flash.

Doubs · 06-22-2023, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mrerick

It's also numbered in the military numbering pattern, so it could well be an earlier pistol.

I'm not sure why you say it's numbered in the military pattern. I see nothing to suggest that it is.

Below is one of my alphabet commercial Lugers in the m block and it's marked the same as the OP's pistol.

06-22-2023, 01:41 PM	#1
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,900 Thanks: 1,372 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	I can't make out the letters in your photos, but it could well be a "k" or a "b"... Do double check to see if it really is in .30 Luger caliber. Download our FAQ PDF document and check. Follow the FAQ link on every page. If it's a "b" suffix, it's not a Weimar era DWM Alphabet Commercial Luger. It's also numbered in the military numbering pattern, so it could well be an earlier pistol. It rarely makes any financial sense to refinish or "restore" these. They don't have that much value. Perhaps $1200 to $1500 in this condition. Restored wouldn't increase it's value and would cost you $1000. We do need better pictures showing details of the markings. Take them with a camera that can focus on detail, in natural light without flash. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.