Tell me about this Luger

Exetik · 02-13-2011, 10:11 PM

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=216034484

Is the price fair? Looks like a re-blue, but no big deal for a shooter. I know the parts do not match either.

Any input from you fine knowledgable Luger folks is welcomed.

lugerholsterrepair · 02-13-2011, 11:46 PM

Bead blasted and parkerized frame..reblued hard buffed top cannon..mismatched..but it shoots well according to the seller. If I was going to spend 900 anyway I would throw another 300 at the project and get a matched pistol I could shoot AND be proud of. There would be no problems when you wanted to sell either.Go down to your local gun store...you can buy a mighty fine top of the line modern gun off the shelf for a lot less than 900. Granted it's not a bead blasted reblued mismatched Luger but .... I would think this pistol should be 500 or so.
I collect and love WW1 era Lugers but they have a major fault as shooters and that's the extractor. The hook that holds it into the bolt well pin is small and well...weak. These were beefed up considerably on the Mauser pistols and rightfully so.
I would keep looking.

Edward Tinker · 02-14-2011, 12:07 AM

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Exetik · 02-14-2011, 12:42 AM

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Bead blasted and parkerized frame..reblued hard buffed top cannon..mismatched..but it shoots well according to the seller. If I was going to spend 900 anyway I would throw another 300 at the project and get a matched pistol I could shoot AND be proud of. There would be no problems when you wanted to sell either.Go down to your local gun store...you can buy a mighty fine top of the line modern gun off the shelf for a lot less than 900. Granted it's not a bead blasted reblued mismatched Luger but .... I would think this pistol should be 500 or so.
I collect and love WW1 era Lugers but they have a major fault as shooters and that's the extractor. The hook that holds it into the bolt well pin is small and well...weak. These were beefed up considerably on the Mauser pistols and rightfully so.
I would keep looking.

Wow! Thanks for the info. I will take your advice and keep looking. Thanks again.

Nomadr · 02-15-2011, 08:39 PM

I just purchased a shooter exactly like the one shown with the same stampings! I did a little research and thanks to a few forum members I found out it's a post war Austrian arsenal refurbish, probably for the police forces. Not bead blasted or parkerized but is machined (sanded) down and the bluing is very dark.

Ironic that I see one exactly the same.

Bob

02-13-2011, 10:11 PM	#1
Exetik User Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Tell me about this Luger http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=216034484 Is the price fair? Looks like a re-blue, but no big deal for a shooter. I know the parts do not match either. Any input from you fine knowledgable Luger folks is welcomed.

02-13-2011, 11:46 PM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,761 Thanks: 4,863 Thanked 3,101 Times in 1,427 Posts	Bead blasted and parkerized frame..reblued hard buffed top cannon..mismatched..but it shoots well according to the seller. If I was going to spend 900 anyway I would throw another 300 at the project and get a matched pistol I could shoot AND be proud of. There would be no problems when you wanted to sell either.Go down to your local gun store...you can buy a mighty fine top of the line modern gun off the shelf for a lot less than 900. Granted it's not a bead blasted reblued mismatched Luger but .... I would think this pistol should be 500 or so. I collect and love WW1 era Lugers but they have a major fault as shooters and that's the extractor. The hook that holds it into the bolt well pin is small and well...weak. These were beefed up considerably on the Mauser pistols and rightfully so. I would keep looking. __________________ 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."

02-14-2011, 12:07 AM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,915 Thanks: 1,989 Thanked 4,506 Times in 2,080 Posts	First Name Exetik Last Name Exetik How about you put at least a real first name here for folks to know who they are talking to please. Admin

02-15-2011, 08:39 PM	#5
Nomadr Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 276 Thanks: 16 Thanked 28 Times in 22 Posts	I just purchased a shooter exactly like the one shown with the same stampings! I did a little research and thanks to a few forum members I found out it's a post war Austrian arsenal refurbish, probably for the police forces. Not bead blasted or parkerized but is machined (sanded) down and the bluing is very dark. Ironic that I see one exactly the same. Bob