Next Luger purchase

jeb111 · 07-25-2021, 08:52 AM

While sitting enjoying my morning coffee I am thinking hard about my next Luger purchase. So I’m curious what Luger’s are on the short list of other forum members? For me I would love to have an AE 1900 (not a test Luger) also interested in any earlier Swiss. The Portuguese Lugers interest me as do the Brazilian’s which I had a line on one this past winter but fell through.
Just would like to know what other guys are on the hunt for or if their collection is complete.
Jim

Major Tom · 07-25-2021, 09:26 AM

AE 1900, for sure! I passed on one for $1900 a couple years ago. The little 'lock' on the frame was broke off and is costly to repair.

mrerick · 07-25-2021, 09:50 AM

Once you look into Swiss Lugers you'll probably be hooked...

cirelaw · 07-25-2021, 10:11 AM

https://www.landofborchardt.com/swiss.html

Bill_in_VA · 07-25-2021, 11:59 AM

My short list? Anything Erfurt, as long as it’s matching.

HerrKaiser · 07-25-2021, 12:18 PM

1900 AE

1900 Swiss

1906 Swiss

1906/29 Swiss

The gamut of DWM commercial configurations, 5 digit SN’s preferred. I don’t care if a post-war 5 digit commercial or pre-war.

Other DWM foreign contract guns as come available and able to spend on.

Lucky me that I am 25 with plenty of time.

rhuff · 07-25-2021, 03:05 PM

I keep telling myself.....no more Lugers, period!! BUT, if the right "shooter grade" Navy happened my way, I likely would change my mind.

G.T. · 07-25-2021, 03:47 PM

Hi Doc, hey! zing me an email! I may have just the item you mentioned????

.... best to you, til....lat'r.....GT.....

spangy · 07-25-2021, 04:51 PM

Unlike HerrKaiser I don't have plenty of time left

But in the time remaining I would like to get a full Navy rig, 1st or 2nd Variation.
1914 DWM Artillery Luger complete rig
1915 DWM Artillery Luger complete rig
1918 DWM Artillery Luger complete rig
A Mauser Banner
And as many other Luger's as I can ... simply because I love them.

Edward Tinker · 07-25-2021, 07:51 PM

Lets see - I have had almost everything that is shooter grade (just a way to get some rarer items), and what I wanted was a dated 1925 and a 1926 Simson (got them), also wanted a unit marked Simson, and wanted a test luger and have picked that up.
I've never had a nice artillery rig, so that is one I'd like to pick up in a year or so.

ithacaartist · 07-27-2021, 12:30 AM

I need a Navy baaad. Shooter grade would be in my budget. And I'd find anything of the proper configuration acceptable, even a "creation." After that, I'll continue to dream of 1902 Carbines.

Roadster 02 · 07-27-2021, 12:23 PM

I'd like a "death head" luger for a realistic "shooter" price. Since most believe they are faked, one should not be too expensive.

gunnertwo · 07-27-2021, 02:26 PM

The next on my "want list" is a Vickers. That will complete the manufactures of the Parabellum. A fifty year project still in the making.

G2

jeb111 · 07-27-2021, 09:57 PM

I really do need a shooter grade and I think an Artillery with a repro stock and snail drum would be such a blast (no pun intended) at the range! So many choices. I do like reading what other collectors have in mind.
Jim

07-25-2021, 08:52 AM	#1
jeb111 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: May 2018 Location: wyoming Posts: 275 Thanks: 680 Thanked 325 Times in 131 Posts	Next Luger purchase While sitting enjoying my morning coffee I am thinking hard about my next Luger purchase. So I’m curious what Luger’s are on the short list of other forum members? For me I would love to have an AE 1900 (not a test Luger) also interested in any earlier Swiss. The Portuguese Lugers interest me as do the Brazilian’s which I had a line on one this past winter but fell through. Just would like to know what other guys are on the hunt for or if their collection is complete. Jim

07-25-2021, 09:26 AM	#2
Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 481 Thanks: 531 Thanked 226 Times in 123 Posts	AE 1900, for sure! I passed on one for $1900 a couple years ago. The little 'lock' on the frame was broke off and is costly to repair. __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

07-25-2021, 09:50 AM	#3
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,900 Thanks: 1,370 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	Once you look into Swiss Lugers you'll probably be hooked... Attached Thumbnails __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

07-25-2021, 10:11 AM	#4
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	https://www.landofborchardt.com/swiss.html Attached Thumbnails

07-25-2021, 11:59 AM	#5
Bill_in_VA User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Southwest Virginia Posts: 343 Thanks: 731 Thanked 470 Times in 178 Posts	My short list? Anything Erfurt, as long as it’s matching. __________________ John 8:32 reive (riːv) vb (Military) (intr) dialect Scot and Northern English to go on a plundering raid [variant of reave] ˈreiver n e.g., " Some view the Border Reivers as loveable rogues."

07-25-2021, 12:18 PM	#6
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 800 Thanks: 750 Thanked 793 Times in 376 Posts	1900 AE 1900 Swiss 1906 Swiss 1906/29 Swiss The gamut of DWM commercial configurations, 5 digit SN’s preferred. I don’t care if a post-war 5 digit commercial or pre-war. Other DWM foreign contract guns as come available and able to spend on. Lucky me that I am 25 with plenty of time. __________________ -QM Looking for Mauser S/42 toggle train #22

07-25-2021, 03:05 PM	#7
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,270 Thanks: 2,686 Thanked 958 Times in 704 Posts	I keep telling myself.....no more Lugers, period!! BUT, if the right "shooter grade" Navy happened my way, I likely would change my mind. __________________ Need DWM breechblock #21

07-25-2021, 03:47 PM	#8
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,485 Thanks: 1,283 Thanked 3,581 Times in 989 Posts	Navy shooter grade! Hi Doc, hey! zing me an email! I may have just the item you mentioned????.... best to you, til....lat'r.....GT.....

07-25-2021, 04:51 PM	#9
spangy Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 607 Thanks: 2,984 Thanked 1,047 Times in 422 Posts	Unlike HerrKaiser I don't have plenty of time left But in the time remaining I would like to get a full Navy rig, 1st or 2nd Variation. 1914 DWM Artillery Luger complete rig 1915 DWM Artillery Luger complete rig 1918 DWM Artillery Luger complete rig A Mauser Banner And as many other Luger's as I can ... simply because I love them. __________________ Whoever said that "money can't buy you happiness" never bought a Luger. WTB - Take Down Lever & Trigger Plate (#90) for an Imperial Artillery.

07-25-2021, 07:51 PM	#10
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	Lets see - I have had almost everything that is shooter grade (just a way to get some rarer items), and what I wanted was a dated 1925 and a 1926 Simson (got them), also wanted a unit marked Simson, and wanted a test luger and have picked that up. I've never had a nice artillery rig, so that is one I'd like to pick up in a year or so. __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

07-27-2021, 12:30 AM	#11
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 need a Navy baaad. Shooter grade would be in my budget. And I'd find anything of the proper configuration acceptable, even a "creation." After that, I'll continue to dream of 1902 Carbines. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

07-27-2021, 12:23 PM	#12
Roadster 02 User Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Rocky Mountain High Posts: 298 Thanks: 163 Thanked 228 Times in 77 Posts	I'd like a "death head" luger for a realistic "shooter" price. Since most believe they are faked, one should not be too expensive.

07-27-2021, 02:26 PM	#13
gunnertwo User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nampa, Idaho Posts: 605 Thanks: 803 Thanked 909 Times in 351 Posts	The next on my "want list" is a Vickers. That will complete the manufactures of the Parabellum. A fifty year project still in the making. G2

07-27-2021, 09:57 PM	#14
jeb111 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: May 2018 Location: wyoming Posts: 275 Thanks: 680 Thanked 325 Times in 131 Posts	I really do need a shooter grade and I think an Artillery with a repro stock and snail drum would be such a blast (no pun intended) at the range! So many choices. I do like reading what other collectors have in mind. Jim