Two Lugers please help me ID them.

John Sabato · 09-20-2005, 09:24 AM

Great identification help guys... you will have these Lugers pegged before long.The only thing that I can add at this point is that the grips on his mom's Luger are aftermarket... not original german. The design is much like the byf bakelite type from the early 1940's but the border is too wide, and the checkering is more crude than the original grips. One other thing, the left side view of Mom's gun showing the serial number 5 on the upper receiver... I think I see a very faint number 2 under the buffing and reblue...to the right of the number 5. I think this gun may have been renumbered at some time in it's life.

I too think it is cool that both of his parents have Lugers. I thnk, that if you are a gun person, that the first time you hold one in your hand, that you are hooked... there just isn't a firearm IMHO, that comes off an assembly line today that fits the hand so well as if it were skin.

Looking forward to additional photos and the unravelling of this mystery set of Lugers.

09-20-2005, 09:24 AM	#11
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,309 Times in 1,098 Posts	Great identification help guys... you will have these Lugers pegged before long.The only thing that I can add at this point is that the grips on his mom's Luger are aftermarket... not original german. The design is much like the byf bakelite type from the early 1940's but the border is too wide, and the checkering is more crude than the original grips. One other thing, the left side view of Mom's gun showing the serial number 5 on the upper receiver... I think I see a very faint number 2 under the buffing and reblue...to the right of the number 5. I think this gun may have been renumbered at some time in it's life. I too think it is cool that both of his parents have Lugers. I thnk, that if you are a gun person, that the first time you hold one in your hand, that you are hooked... there just isn't a firearm IMHO, that comes off an assembly line today that fits the hand so well as if it were skin. Looking forward to additional photos and the unravelling of this mystery set of Lugers. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*