A question about my Luger............

BILL · 05-26-2001, 06:32 PM

Hi Larson, welcome to the Lugerforum. It sounds like you have a WWI era military pistol and (assuming the barrel is 4" long) these are not extremely rare. Many thousands were produced (the 1918 above and behind the barrel indicates the year of manufacture). Be aware that if it is silver in color it is not in it's orginal condition and the orginal grips were wood. To be considered valuable to a Luger collector it should have a blued finish with brown walnut checkered grips. Since it has family historical value you should keep it in your family and if you can insure it for around $400 to $450 it would be wise.

05-26-2001, 06:32 PM	#2
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: A question about my Luger............ Hi Larson, welcome to the Lugerforum. It sounds like you have a WWI era military pistol and (assuming the barrel is 4" long) these are not extremely rare. Many thousands were produced (the 1918 above and behind the barrel indicates the year of manufacture). Be aware that if it is silver in color it is not in it's orginal condition and the orginal grips were wood. To be considered valuable to a Luger collector it should have a blued finish with brown walnut checkered grips. Since it has family historical value you should keep it in your family and if you can insure it for around $400 to $450 it would be wise.