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(HAIRY ) Updated with Pictures 1940 German Luger

TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
edited October 2004 in General Discussion
A friend just called. He has came across a German Luger. Made in the 40s. Its all origional with matching numbers.
Any Ideas of its value?
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  • vicg1vicg1 Member Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    $100-$1000000

    too many details missing like maker, serial number, barrel length, caliber, condition

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  • hughbetchahughbetcha Member Posts: 7,801 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If its .45 ACP I'll take it off your hands. I think there is only one known to exist in that caliber and its got to be worth a million bucks. Another really rare one has the magazine shot counter built into the frame.
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  • bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
    edited November -1
    Tools,the average Luger from that period, not being one of the rare examples, would go for between $650 and $1000 depending on condition and if all the parts numbers match.

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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Also take a look at the breach block, parallel to the extractor. See if you see a crack there (often looks like nothing more than a pencil line of soot).

    Whittemore
    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    Thanks guys. I am going to see if I can get a look at it.
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    ASK HAIRY! he is a Luger collector and is very knowledgable about em..
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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    I was abel to look at the gun today. It is a WWII bring back. 9mm, Dated 1940, The serial number is 532*, There is a fancy A on the frame under the barrel, It says something like Gerisnotz under the safty, All numbers match even the mag. It has the Nazi marking of the eagel and swstika on the barrel. The finish is very nice except where someone tried to clean a spot to see some markings. And the Killer is. The trigger guard is bent.


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  • bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
    edited November -1
    The bend can be straightened easy enough. Is it a Mauser? Very rare to have the matching mag. I draw the line at $1000 for a mil spec Luger. I pitch a fit over the bend and offer $650.You never know.

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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    I dont know who made it. I thought the fancy A might be makers mark.
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  • bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
    edited November -1
    Hairy is the Luger man. You should address a post to him with the pics.

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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Check out Chapman's lugerforum.com. More detailed info there than you could ever need. Very serious, knowledgable bunch. Nice guys as well.

    Clouder..
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  • Compact_KidCompact_Kid Member Posts: 257 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wish mine fired 9mm. The one I own shoots .45acp
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  • HAIRYHAIRY Member Posts: 23,606
    edited November -1
    Is the A directly under the serial number? If so, it is a part of the serial number itself (3456A) for example. BTW, if anyone has a Luger, make sure you include the alpha number when recording the serial number since the Germans ran the numbers 1-9999; started again with 1-9999A, B, etc., so hundreds of Lugers could have what appears to be the same serial number. Try explaining to the police that your Luger is not the one stolen.)

    IMO, all matching, including the magazine, with the bent trigger guard--$600 - $800.

    The real experts are at lugerforum.com. For confirmation may I suggest you check with them. Good luck.

    Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.
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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    Hary Thanks
    The A is under the barrel on the frame and is a fancy script. It is not part of the serial number. The serial number is only 4 digets.
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  • HAIRYHAIRY Member Posts: 23,606
    edited November -1
    Tools1: All of the alpha characters are in the old German script--and they are part of the serial number. On the lugerforum they have a couple of pages of the different scripts used by the manufacturers.

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  • vicg1vicg1 Member Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    who made it?

    It will be marked on toggle... is it a fancy script DWM? S/42? Mauser banner? there will be something on it... does it say "Germany" anywhere? does barrel, toggle, frame, side cover, all have numbers and do they match sn (last 2 digits)?

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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    quote: who made it?

    It will be marked on toggle... is it a fancy script DWM? S/42? Mauser banner? there will be something on it... does it say "Germany" anywhere? does barrel, toggle, frame, side cover, all have numbers and do they match sn (last 2 digits)?

    It does not have any markings other than the serial number. All parts even the mag have the last 2 digits on them.
    TOOLS

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    Don't go blaming the beer. Hank Hill

    So much Ice, So much Beer. So little time. Shooter4

    I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill

    When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now that I am grown, I just wish I could act like a child and get away with it.
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