Handmade Luger

suum cuique · 02-12-2010, 09:29 PM

Interesting handmade Luger
http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=2645197

Ice · 02-13-2010, 07:09 AM

Somebody put a LOT of work into that pistol. Can anybody read the inscribed plate on the barrel?

Charlie

alvin · 02-13-2010, 07:32 AM

Not a hand-made. It is a converted gun.

I am not sure the definition of hand-made, in imagination, the starting point (i.e. raw material before making) is supposed to be a chunk of steel, not another gun.

I cannot read German. Is it described as handmade?

Ron Wood · 02-13-2010, 09:57 AM

I think the inscription is a persons name, Wolfram Rau. Neat way that the safety lever is reversed. I have seen that conversion before. It makes it much more easy to apply or release the safety without changing your grip on the gun.

Vlim · 02-13-2010, 11:29 AM

The ad describes it as a pistol made by an unknown gunsmith apprentice. It has the look and feel of a student's graduation project. Nice job, I like the gold plate inlays in the frame ears.

Curly1 · 02-13-2010, 02:55 PM

WOuld it qualify as a BBQ gun?

Went Blakely · 02-14-2010, 06:48 AM

Personally, i would. It's pretty out there, nice looking work though, i'm impressed.

02-12-2010, 09:29 PM	#1
suum cuique User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MD / Currently about 9000 klicks east of the Potomac Posts: 497 Thanks: 100 Thanked 47 Times in 35 Posts	Handmade Luger Interesting handmade Luger http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=2645197 __________________ Regards, Andy There's No Place Like Home (Wizard Of Oz)

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Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,986 Thanks: 1,065 Thanked 5,088 Times in 1,674 Posts	I think the inscription is a persons name, Wolfram Rau. Neat way that the safety lever is reversed. I have seen that conversion before. It makes it much more easy to apply or release the safety without changing your grip on the gun. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction Last edited by Ron Wood; 02-13-2010 at 11:38 AM.

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Curly1 User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,228 Thanks: 111 Thanked 702 Times in 364 Posts	WOuld it qualify as a BBQ gun? __________________ Laugh hard and often. Gary

02-14-2010, 06:48 AM	#7
Went Blakely User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 231 Thanks: 4 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	Personally, i would. It's pretty out there, nice looking work though, i'm impressed. __________________ Went Blakely

02-13-2010, 07:09 AM	#2
Ice User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 552 Thanks: 13 Thanked 69 Times in 57 Posts	Somebody put a LOT of work into that pistol. Can anybody read the inscribed plate on the barrel? Charlie

02-13-2010, 07:32 AM	#3
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Not a hand-made. It is a converted gun. I am not sure the definition of hand-made, in imagination, the starting point (i.e. raw material before making) is supposed to be a chunk of steel, not another gun. I cannot read German. Is it described as handmade?

02-13-2010, 11:29 AM	#5
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,032 Thanks: 1,018 Thanked 3,873 Times in 1,184 Posts	The ad describes it as a pistol made by an unknown gunsmith apprentice. It has the look and feel of a student's graduation project. Nice job, I like the gold plate inlays in the frame ears.