Need help with Artillely Luger!!

WW2collector · 12-19-2009, 02:12 PM

Gents, I inherited this Luger. All numbers match receiver. DWM toggle. Weimar eagle over 6 /Simson/ marked magazine. magazine matches. reblued. new barrel. unmarked firing pin. crown over N proof marks. unmarked chamber
What is this?? How much is it worth??

pics below:

lugerholsterrepair · 12-19-2009, 02:55 PM

This pistol is not an Artillery but a long barrel has been added to a Police pistol. The sear safety tells us that. As well as the 2 stamped below the Eagle 6 on the mag. The mag is likely matching by happenstance or was renumbered to match by the Police as it is a Simson mag, a DWM commercial pistol. The mag was not made and issued with the pistol.
The barrel appears to be home made from another weapon. It is missing some of the front sight and a barrel band.
I would value it at $5-600. Is the barrel .30 or 9MM? That would make a difference.
If I were you I would sell it..if that is your intention... and the magazine seperately. The mag is likely to bring $150-200 Even though the magazine is numbered to the pistol, the pistol has no real collector value and is only a shooter. A good MecGar mag is what it needs.

Jerry Burney

WW2collector · 12-19-2009, 08:24 PM

Jerry - thank you for your response!!

sheepherder · 12-20-2009, 08:41 AM

IMHO, it would increase the value to take that barrel off and put a 4" barrel on it. Sarco, Numrich, and Lugerdoc all have 4" barrels.

Trying to repair that front sight, or rework that barrel to look like a Luger barrel (of any sort) would not be cost effective.

You could add a repro artillery barrel, but the cost would be as much as the pistol is worth and would not greatly increase the value...

WW2collector · 12-20-2009, 12:36 PM

thank you,

, Postino!

alanint · 12-21-2009, 02:17 PM

I also wanted to point out that the rear sight on this pistol has been welded up and a deep notch cut for the longer barrel. Should a standard barrel be returned to this pistol, work would need to be done to this back sight to bring point of aim/impact back into line.

12-19-2009, 02:12 PM	#1
WW2collector User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NY State Posts: 24 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Need help with Artillely Luger!! Gents, I inherited this Luger. All numbers match receiver. DWM toggle. Weimar eagle over 6 /Simson/ marked magazine. magazine matches. reblued. new barrel. unmarked firing pin. crown over N proof marks. unmarked chamber What is this?? How much is it worth?? pics below:

12-19-2009, 02:55 PM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,763 Thanks: 4,865 Thanked 3,105 Times in 1,429 Posts	This pistol is not an Artillery but a long barrel has been added to a Police pistol. The sear safety tells us that. As well as the 2 stamped below the Eagle 6 on the mag. The mag is likely matching by happenstance or was renumbered to match by the Police as it is a Simson mag, a DWM commercial pistol. The mag was not made and issued with the pistol. The barrel appears to be home made from another weapon. It is missing some of the front sight and a barrel band. I would value it at $5-600. Is the barrel .30 or 9MM? That would make a difference. If I were you I would sell it..if that is your intention... and the magazine seperately. The mag is likely to bring $150-200 Even though the magazine is numbered to the pistol, the pistol has no real collector value and is only a shooter. A good MecGar mag is what it needs. Jerry Burney __________________ 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."

12-19-2009, 08:24 PM	#3
WW2collector User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NY State Posts: 24 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Jerry - thank you for your response!!

12-20-2009, 08:41 AM	#4
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,182 Thanks: 1,398 Thanked 4,440 Times in 2,328 Posts	IMHO, it would increase the value to take that barrel off and put a 4" barrel on it. Sarco, Numrich, and Lugerdoc all have 4" barrels. Trying to repair that front sight, or rework that barrel to look like a Luger barrel (of any sort) would not be cost effective. You could add a repro artillery barrel, but the cost would be as much as the pistol is worth and would not greatly increase the value...

12-20-2009, 12:36 PM	#5
WW2collector User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NY State Posts: 24 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thank you, , Postino!

12-21-2009, 02:17 PM	#6
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	I also wanted to point out that the rear sight on this pistol has been welded up and a deep notch cut for the longer barrel. Should a standard barrel be returned to this pistol, work would need to be done to this back sight to bring point of aim/impact back into line.