"Mob Guns" baby Lugers

DavidJayUden · 08-04-2016, 07:46 AM

Just noticed these on GunsAmerica. Apparently a commercial venture.

https://www.gunsamerica.com//9804214...8-p08.htm?wl=1

dju

Eugen · 08-04-2016, 08:44 AM

Interesting pair. But, I don't know how to value such guns. Are they work $6k?

John Sabato · 08-04-2016, 08:48 AM

I find the work interesting and of apparent good quality, but certainly not worth the asking price for either the "artillery" OR the P.38K IMHO.

DonVoigt · 08-04-2016, 09:32 AM

Been available for a while, they also have a website.

In the description, they disclose that the "satin" finish is simply polished steel- no finish at all.

John Sabato · 08-04-2016, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

...simply polished steel- no finish at all.

As I recall, this was also one of the finish options offered by John Martz... only I think his were glass-beaded finish of raw steel.

Edward Tinker · 08-04-2016, 10:20 AM

Zebra wood grips, nice. But hard to work with

I would gladly buy a baby for fun, but its low on my listing.

Much prefer longer barrels

ithacaartist · 08-04-2016, 12:19 PM

I hadn't come across a listing by this seller for a while, but I remember another baby Luger listed by them on G.A. a couple of years ago. IIRC, it was in the $3.5k range.

John, this baby comes with two uppers--the 9mm x 5" with Artillery rear sight, and a 7.65mm x 2 1/2" with standard rear toggle. Still over-priced IMHO.

sheepherder · 08-04-2016, 12:25 PM

There have been several of these shortened artillery barrels shown here over the last couple years; one shows up regularly in the Random Album Pics...

It looks like they took one of the short arty uppers and a baby Luger and 'bundled' them...

DavidJayUden · 08-04-2016, 11:44 PM

Not sure why you would want to move the 2 sights so close together on the artillery, other than for the novelty.
dju

DonVoigt · 08-05-2016, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

Not sure why you would want to move the 2 sights so close together on the artillery, other than for the novelty.
dju

Maybe not a question of wanting to, just of availability of the basis barrel and sight.

08-04-2016, 07:46 AM	#1
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	"Mob Guns" baby Lugers Just noticed these on GunsAmerica. Apparently a commercial venture. https://www.gunsamerica.com//9804214...8-p08.htm?wl=1 dju

08-04-2016, 08:44 AM	#2
Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 757 Thanks: 366 Thanked 594 Times in 313 Posts	Interesting pair. But, I don't know how to value such guns. Are they work $6k? __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

08-04-2016, 08:48 AM	#3
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,150 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	I find the work interesting and of apparent good quality, but certainly not worth the asking price for either the "artillery" OR the P.38K IMHO. __________________ 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..."*

08-04-2016, 09:32 AM	#4
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,677 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,347 Times in 2,038 Posts	Been available for a while, they also have a website. In the description, they disclose that the "satin" finish is simply polished steel- no finish at all. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

08-04-2016, 12:19 PM	#7
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,282 Thanks: 7,007 Thanked 2,476 Times in 1,319 Posts	I hadn't come across a listing by this seller for a while, but I remember another baby Luger listed by them on G.A. a couple of years ago. IIRC, it was in the $3.5k range. John, this baby comes with two uppers--the 9mm x 5" with Artillery rear sight, and a 7.65mm x 2 1/2" with standard rear toggle. Still over-priced IMHO. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

08-04-2016, 10:20 AM	#6
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	Zebra wood grips, nice. But hard to work with I would gladly buy a baby for fun, but its low on my listing. Much prefer longer barrels

08-04-2016, 12:25 PM	#8
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,181 Thanks: 1,398 Thanked 4,438 Times in 2,327 Posts	There have been several of these shortened artillery barrels shown here over the last couple years; one shows up regularly in the Random Album Pics... It looks like they took one of the short arty uppers and a baby Luger and 'bundled' them... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

08-04-2016, 11:44 PM	#9
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Not sure why you would want to move the 2 sights so close together on the artillery, other than for the novelty. dju