Mauser Case

SteveM · 06-09-2012, 12:35 PM

Picked this up the other day, came from Laredo, Texas. I wonder where the LP08 that belongs with this ended up.

I have been looking for a standard case for a long time but they are apparently few and far between. This came with a plated wb mag that is missing the follower button. I'll get some pics of it up later after I get it cleaned up. It looks to be arsenal renumbered and has a unit mark.

SteveM

ithacaartist · 06-09-2012, 04:26 PM

Mauser didn't make an LP08, did they? Maybe special order?

Vlim · 06-09-2012, 05:20 PM

They did. The LP08 was one of the commemorative models they offered.

This case is 100% original to a Mauser Commemorative LP08 (250 of them, Limited numbered edition).

In fact, there is one for sale on Egun, Germany at the moment:

http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=3458286

SteveM · 06-09-2012, 05:26 PM

There were some LP08's made for Persia. I think they were a mixture of DWM and Mauser parts.

Go to Mauro's site and click the link that says Mauser Parabellum for some pics of the post-war Artillery.
http://www.lugerlp08.com/

Vlim · 06-09-2012, 06:01 PM

Before the attempted liquidation of the company in 1948, Mauser made LP08 pistols for at least 4 parties:

-US / Stoeger (assembled from DWM marked parts)
-Persia
-Siam
-France (during the French occupation of 1945-1948).

All used barrels from DWM stock that was moved from Berlin to Oberndorf in 1930.

The postwar commemorative is a completely new recreation.

SteveM · 06-09-2012, 06:26 PM

Thanks Vlim, all I could remember were the Persian models.

06-09-2012, 12:35 PM	#1
SteveM User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,016 Thanks: 94 Thanked 275 Times in 137 Posts	Mauser Case Picked this up the other day, came from Laredo, Texas. I wonder where the LP08 that belongs with this ended up. I have been looking for a standard case for a long time but they are apparently few and far between. This came with a plated wb mag that is missing the follower button. I'll get some pics of it up later after I get it cleaned up. It looks to be arsenal renumbered and has a unit mark. SteveM

06-09-2012, 04:26 PM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,346 Thanks: 7,273 Thanked 2,578 Times in 1,365 Posts	Mauser didn't make an LP08, did they? Maybe special order?

06-09-2012, 05:20 PM	#3
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	They did. The LP08 was one of the commemorative models they offered. This case is 100% original to a Mauser Commemorative LP08 (250 of them, Limited numbered edition). In fact, there is one for sale on Egun, Germany at the moment: http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=3458286

06-09-2012, 05:26 PM	#4
SteveM User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,016 Thanks: 94 Thanked 275 Times in 137 Posts	There were some LP08's made for Persia. I think they were a mixture of DWM and Mauser parts. Go to Mauro's site and click the link that says Mauser Parabellum for some pics of the post-war Artillery. http://www.lugerlp08.com/

06-09-2012, 06:01 PM	#5
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	Before the attempted liquidation of the company in 1948, Mauser made LP08 pistols for at least 4 parties: -US / Stoeger (assembled from DWM marked parts) -Persia -Siam -France (during the French occupation of 1945-1948). All used barrels from DWM stock that was moved from Berlin to Oberndorf in 1930. The postwar commemorative is a completely new recreation.

06-09-2012, 06:26 PM	#6
SteveM User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,016 Thanks: 94 Thanked 275 Times in 137 Posts	Thanks Vlim, all I could remember were the Persian models.