Bought my first Luger

Ehines1 · 05-27-2019, 12:29 PM

I bought my first Luger yesterday. 1918 DWM numbers matching (from what I can see from the dealer's listing). Once I retrieve it, how far should I strip it, and are there any recommended videos about doing that? I'll post some good pictures once it is in hand.

ithacaartist · 05-27-2019, 02:02 PM

Tons of videos for field and detail stripping on YouTube... Field stripping yields all the numbers you'd need to see.

Congrats, we look forward to the pics!

rhuff · 05-27-2019, 02:47 PM

Just a word of caution during your disassembly.....be VERY careful in removing the LEFT grip, for it is very easy to break off a piece.

Ehines1 · 05-27-2019, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Tons of videos for field and detail stripping on YouTube... Field stripping yields all the numbers you'd need to see.

Congrats, we look forward to the pics!

I have one (not so great) picture on my phone, but adding a picture requires a url. I do not know how or where I can get a url from a phone picture without paying for an image hosting site.

mrerick · 05-27-2019, 03:30 PM

Get a copy of our forum FAQ document and read it. You can post photos directly here using the advanced editor.

Ehines1 · 05-27-2019, 05:09 PM

Ehines1 · 05-27-2019, 05:10 PM

I'll have plenty more pictures when I go to retrieve it Saturday. Its definitely a shooter, but that's what I wanted.

Eugen · 05-30-2019, 09:25 PM

Well, welcome and congrats on your first Luger. I say first because they have a tendency to multiple. You can't have just one. As mentioned above read/study the FAQ section as contains so much info. After you read it then if you have questions ask away. There are so many helpful folks on this forum that will be glad to help. Be sure to report your range experience.

Ehines1 · 05-31-2019, 10:16 AM

I guarantee they'll multiply like drunken rabbits. I'm having to wait a few more days to pick up due to an emergency, but I can't wait to get it.

Ehines1 · 05-31-2019, 10:28 AM

These markings are on the right hand side. What do they mean?

k98mike · 05-31-2019, 12:15 PM

They are Imperial proof/acceptance marks.

Ehines1 · 06-03-2019, 10:05 PM

Well, I've got the Luger. All numbers matching (besides the magazine) 1918 DWM. Strawed parts have all aged to almost black, and I'd say 85% or better of the bluing is intact along with a great bore. No million dollar chip either. As for the bad, there is surface pitting in a few places on the cannon assembly (I think that's the term I've heard used). Nothing deep, but it is present. And is there a thread to try and reunite magazines with their original numbered pistols? It'd be a longshot, but I'd love to find even one of the originals for mine.

05-27-2019, 12:29 PM	#1
Ehines1 User Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	Bought my first Luger I bought my first Luger yesterday. 1918 DWM numbers matching (from what I can see from the dealer's listing). Once I retrieve it, how far should I strip it, and are there any recommended videos about doing that? I'll post some good pictures once it is in hand.

05-27-2019, 02:02 PM	#2
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	Tons of videos for field and detail stripping on YouTube... Field stripping yields all the numbers you'd need to see. Congrats, we look forward to the pics! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,270 Thanks: 2,686 Thanked 958 Times in 704 Posts	Just a word of caution during your disassembly.....be VERY careful in removing the LEFT grip, for it is very easy to break off a piece. __________________ Need DWM breechblock #21

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05-30-2019, 09:25 PM	#8
Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 757 Thanks: 366 Thanked 594 Times in 313 Posts	Well, welcome and congrats on your first Luger. I say first because they have a tendency to multiple. You can't have just one. As mentioned above read/study the FAQ section as contains so much info. After you read it then if you have questions ask away. There are so many helpful folks on this forum that will be glad to help. Be sure to report your range experience. __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

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Ehines1 User Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts

05-27-2019, 05:10 PM	#7
Ehines1 User Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	I'll have plenty more pictures when I go to retrieve it Saturday. Its definitely a shooter, but that's what I wanted.

05-31-2019, 10:16 AM	#9
Ehines1 User Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	I guarantee they'll multiply like drunken rabbits. I'm having to wait a few more days to pick up due to an emergency, but I can't wait to get it.

05-31-2019, 10:28 AM	#10
Ehines1 User Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	These markings are on the right hand side. What do they mean? Attached Thumbnails

05-31-2019, 12:15 PM	#11
k98mike User Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Newnan, GA Posts: 141 Thanks: 280 Thanked 48 Times in 30 Posts	Proofs/acceptance marks They are Imperial proof/acceptance marks.

06-03-2019, 10:05 PM	#12
Ehines1 User Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	Well, I've got the Luger. All numbers matching (besides the magazine) 1918 DWM. Strawed parts have all aged to almost black, and I'd say 85% or better of the bluing is intact along with a great bore. No million dollar chip either. As for the bad, there is surface pitting in a few places on the cannon assembly (I think that's the term I've heard used). Nothing deep, but it is present. And is there a thread to try and reunite magazines with their original numbered pistols? It'd be a longshot, but I'd love to find even one of the originals for mine.