Difference between P-38 and Luger Holster

luger1 · 10-19-2019, 03:01 PM

Like to know difference between Luger and P-38 holsters. Can send pictures of a holster that I have a question about. Has no tool pouch and magazine pouch has concave cuts for luger circular floor plate knobs. The holster is unmarked.

Thanks

gunbugs · 10-19-2019, 03:30 PM

Just post photos of your holster here. Then your answers will be swift and sure.

lugerholsterrepair · 10-19-2019, 05:10 PM

Has no tool pouch and magazine pouch has concave cuts for Luger circular floor plate knobs. Well, you can pretty much rule out P38 then eh?

MP38 · 12-09-2019, 03:32 PM

Jerry is correct. The lift strap is also different. On the P38 both ends are stitched (or sometimes riveted). On a luger, the strap come through the front body and is "pulled" manually by the wearer.

Also, after 1940, holsters started to be marked "P08" and "P38" respectively.

There are also many other differences in details such as makers, dates, waffenampts, materials used and so on..........

Matt

lugerholsterrepair · 12-09-2019, 05:05 PM

No tool pouch ever installed? Might be an East German Luger holster.

10-19-2019, 03:01 PM	#1
luger1 User Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 69 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Difference between P-38 and Luger Holster Like to know difference between Luger and P-38 holsters. Can send pictures of a holster that I have a question about. Has no tool pouch and magazine pouch has concave cuts for luger circular floor plate knobs. The holster is unmarked. Thanks

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lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,987 Thanked 3,129 Times in 1,437 Posts	Has no tool pouch and magazine pouch has concave cuts for Luger circular floor plate knobs. Well, you can pretty much rule out P38 then eh? __________________ 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."

12-09-2019, 05:05 PM	#5
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,987 Thanked 3,129 Times in 1,437 Posts	No tool pouch ever installed? Might be an East German Luger holster. __________________ 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."

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10-19-2019, 03:30 PM	#2
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 672 Thanks: 370 Thanked 1,198 Times in 406 Posts	Just post photos of your holster here. Then your answers will be swift and sure.

12-09-2019, 03:32 PM	#4
MP38 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 464 Thanks: 36 Thanked 113 Times in 60 Posts	Jerry is correct. The lift strap is also different. On the P38 both ends are stitched (or sometimes riveted). On a luger, the strap come through the front body and is "pulled" manually by the wearer. Also, after 1940, holsters started to be marked "P08" and "P38" respectively. There are also many other differences in details such as makers, dates, waffenampts, materials used and so on.......... Matt