My cheep 1915 DMW Luger

Rbrooks45 · 04-08-2010, 03:04 PM

Just picked up this beauty today for 150 euro (200 US). I know it is a little rough but all it needs is some love. Still there is $200 worth of parts on it. Everything is matching but the magazine. The magazine # is 5491 a with Kaiser proof stamps. I am debating what I am going to do with it, I had actually bought it for the magazine and the grips. For now it will rest in the safe.

Rbrooks45 · 04-08-2010, 03:08 PM

Ok hope it works this time

alanint · 04-08-2010, 03:28 PM

YOW!! These is a story in there somewhere!

lugerholsterrepair · 04-08-2010, 04:38 PM

Yikes! Ron, Was that ground dug? Beautiful mag. The kind I like to find!

Jerry Burney

Rbrooks45 · 04-08-2010, 04:52 PM

The guy I bought it from has several guns that he has dug up here in Germany. He said that was his hobby as a kid. I plan to go out and do a little metal detecting this summer, Hope I can find more than pop tops.

mrvair · 04-08-2010, 09:23 PM

Ron,
If the hold-back latch and spring are usable I would be interested in buying them from you.

Thanks,
Don

Rbrooks45 · 04-09-2010, 04:39 AM

Don,
I'm planning to attemt to restore this on. I live in Germany and a local master gunsmith said he would show me how on this one. If things don't go well I'll mail you.

mrvair · 04-09-2010, 10:58 PM

Ron,
I would love to buy the latch but I hope for your sake you can get the Luger to "shooter" status.

Metal Detecting in Germany for war relics would be so much fun. Hope you find some good stuff !!

God's Speed,
Don

tomaustin · 04-09-2010, 11:23 PM

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Jasta2 · 04-10-2010, 12:31 PM

Bet THOR could make it look brand new! If it were in the States that is. Love metal detecting.

Rbrooks45 · 04-10-2010, 03:24 PM

Metal detecting in Germany is fun and sometimes exciting. A friend of mine found some potato mashers once, which was a little too exciting for him, but still better than finding a land mine. I tend to find old beer cans and pop tops, the same friend as found an old 17th cenury dagger, old coins and a flintlock.

tenbears · 04-10-2010, 06:23 PM

The last two bases I worked at VandenbergAFB (formerly Camp Cook) and Camp Roberts CA won't allow metal detecting due to all the unexploded ordance from WWII and the Korean War.

04-08-2010, 03:04 PM	#1
Rbrooks45 User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 66 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	My cheep 1915 DMW Luger Just picked up this beauty today for 150 euro (200 US). I know it is a little rough but all it needs is some love. Still there is $200 worth of parts on it. Everything is matching but the magazine. The magazine # is 5491 a with Kaiser proof stamps. I am debating what I am going to do with it, I had actually bought it for the magazine and the grips. For now it will rest in the safe.

04-08-2010, 03:08 PM	#2
Rbrooks45 User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 66 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	pics Ok hope it works this time Attached Thumbnails

04-08-2010, 04:38 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,763 Thanks: 4,868 Thanked 3,106 Times in 1,429 Posts	Yikes! Ron, Was that ground dug? Beautiful mag. The kind I like to find! 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."

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tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 522 Times in 201 Posts	hey, that is a nice camouflage job.... ...

04-08-2010, 03:28 PM	#3
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	YOW!! These is a story in there somewhere!

04-08-2010, 04:52 PM	#5
Rbrooks45 User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 66 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The guy I bought it from has several guns that he has dug up here in Germany. He said that was his hobby as a kid. I plan to go out and do a little metal detecting this summer, Hope I can find more than pop tops.

04-08-2010, 09:23 PM	#6
mrvair User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Montgomery, Alabama Posts: 11 Thanks: 10 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ron, If the hold-back latch and spring are usable I would be interested in buying them from you. Thanks, Don

04-09-2010, 04:39 AM	#7
Rbrooks45 User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 66 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Don, I'm planning to attemt to restore this on. I live in Germany and a local master gunsmith said he would show me how on this one. If things don't go well I'll mail you.

04-09-2010, 10:58 PM	#8
mrvair User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Montgomery, Alabama Posts: 11 Thanks: 10 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ron, I would love to buy the latch but I hope for your sake you can get the Luger to "shooter" status. Metal Detecting in Germany for war relics would be so much fun. Hope you find some good stuff !! God's Speed, Don

04-10-2010, 12:31 PM	#10
Jasta2 User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lakeland, Fl. Posts: 514 Thanks: 349 Thanked 101 Times in 52 Posts	Bet THOR could make it look brand new! If it were in the States that is. Love metal detecting.

04-10-2010, 03:24 PM	#11
Rbrooks45 User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 66 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Metal detecting in Germany is fun and sometimes exciting. A friend of mine found some potato mashers once, which was a little too exciting for him, but still better than finding a land mine. I tend to find old beer cans and pop tops, the same friend as found an old 17th cenury dagger, old coins and a flintlock.

04-10-2010, 06:23 PM	#12
tenbears User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 370 Thanks: 3 Thanked 26 Times in 15 Posts	The last two bases I worked at VandenbergAFB (formerly Camp Cook) and Camp Roberts CA won't allow metal detecting due to all the unexploded ordance from WWII and the Korean War.