Help me identify this Luger

user · 09-12-2018, 10:33 AM

Greetings everyone,

Canadian gun owner here. A family member wants to give me his Luger pistol but unfortunately Canadian gun laws classify Lugers as "prohibited" and I cannot own it. We can sell it to a collector with the proper licence but we would like to get as much information as possible before we can determine a fair price.

Infos from the ownership certificate:

9mm
DWM 1920-1918
serial 5454-b
4" barrel

This is the only picture I have for the moment. I guess the ivory grips are not original, I don't know about the mag and the case/box. I will try to get more pictures by the end of the week.

Thanks all,
Bill

sheepherder · 09-12-2018, 10:49 AM

More pictures needed, obviously. Closeups of the markings. From the one pic, I think the front sight looks odd. Non-standard.

HerrKaiser · 09-12-2018, 10:52 AM

More pictures needed. Very sorry that your government won’t let your family pass heirlooms down without a license.

Edward Tinker · 09-12-2018, 11:27 AM

Unless laws have changed (very possible), one with an original barrel of less than 4 inches is illegal, thus why you saw many folks putting on 6 inch. So, the luger is not illegal. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Technically, it would be a 1918 / 1920 - 1918 is the date and the 1920 is the gov't stamp (not a date), see FAQ

The grips look like franzite, pretend pearl and the mag looks like a post war mec-gar or the like.

ithacaartist · 09-12-2018, 12:49 PM

The grips are plastic, not ivory! May be Franzite, which shrinks over time...

MAUSER88 · 09-14-2018, 03:52 PM

Also looks like it's be rebuled too.

user · 09-25-2018, 02:32 PM

Thanks all for your input, I just got more picture.

user · 09-25-2018, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

Unless laws have changed (very possible), one with an original barrel of less than 4 inches is illegal, thus why you saw many folks putting on 6 inch. So, the luger is not illegal. Please correct me if I am wrong.

It can be done, but wouldn't the pistol loose most of it's value ? Plus I wouldn't be able to keep the original barrel, it would get destroyed.

lugerholsterrepair · 09-25-2018, 03:08 PM

Any real collector value on the pistol shown was lost when it was modified from it's original configuration. Shooter value IMO is $400-500 USD.

09-12-2018, 10:33 AM	#1
user New User Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 3 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Help me identify this Luger Greetings everyone, Canadian gun owner here. A family member wants to give me his Luger pistol but unfortunately Canadian gun laws classify Lugers as "prohibited" and I cannot own it. We can sell it to a collector with the proper licence but we would like to get as much information as possible before we can determine a fair price. Infos from the ownership certificate: 9mm DWM 1920-1918 serial 5454-b 4" barrel This is the only picture I have for the moment. I guess the ivory grips are not original, I don't know about the mag and the case/box. I will try to get more pictures by the end of the week. Thanks all, Bill

09-12-2018, 10:49 AM	#2
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	More pictures needed, obviously. Closeups of the markings. From the one pic, I think the front sight looks odd. Non-standard. __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

09-12-2018, 10:52 AM	#3
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 800 Thanks: 750 Thanked 793 Times in 376 Posts	More pictures needed. Very sorry that your government won’t let your family pass heirlooms down without a license. __________________ -QM Looking for Mauser S/42 toggle train #22

09-12-2018, 12:49 PM	#5
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	The grips are plastic, not ivory! May be Franzite, which shrinks over time... __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

09-25-2018, 03:08 PM	#9
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,760 Thanks: 4,848 Thanked 3,099 Times in 1,426 Posts	Any real collector value on the pistol shown was lost when it was modified from it's original configuration. Shooter value IMO is $400-500 USD. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

09-12-2018, 11:27 AM	#4
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	Unless laws have changed (very possible), one with an original barrel of less than 4 inches is illegal, thus why you saw many folks putting on 6 inch. So, the luger is not illegal. Please correct me if I am wrong. Technically, it would be a 1918 / 1920 - 1918 is the date and the 1920 is the gov't stamp (not a date), see FAQ The grips look like franzite, pretend pearl and the mag looks like a post war mec-gar or the like.

09-14-2018, 03:52 PM	#6
MAUSER88 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 255 Thanks: 3 Thanked 57 Times in 30 Posts	Also looks like it's be rebuled too.

09-25-2018, 02:32 PM	#7
user New User Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 3 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks all for your input, I just got more picture.