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i have a real ww2 german luger

dorrajarroddorrajarrod Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
edited May 2007 in Ask the Experts
it shoots and everything it was stolen from a dead nazi many years ago i Was jsut wondering how much people want for them
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    Anywhere from 400 for a working one to several thousand dollars. Need detailed pics and information.

    BTW.....not every dead German soldier in WW2 was a "Nazi". Im German and nothing rubs me more wrongly than when someone says that.
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  • dorrajarroddorrajarrod Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    im sorry ,,, i just assumed it was because it has the symbol and all.. it has p.08 byf 73 theres numbers all around it . im going to take a picture of it and put it up here
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    Every German firearms made during WW2 has the Nazi eagle and swastika on it. Its pretty much an acceptance stamp.
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  • drsckdrsck Member Posts: 992 ✭
    edited November -1
    Could it by chance be stamped "BYF 42," rather than BYF 73? Yes, the P08 designation is for the luger, but if it is stamped BYF 43, it's probably a P-38 rather than a luger. However, the P-38 shoots a 9mm luger cartridge which is somewhat confusing to those recently arrived to firearms. Another possibility is that the 73 is the last two digits of the serial number which were often stamped on the smaller parts of lugers. So before we go much further, we have to have a little more information to know exactly what you have. Posting pictures would be the best, but short of that you could go to the auction side of this board and look at other examples to determine what it is that you have. The next step is determining condition. Do all the numbers match? Has it been refinished? Is it one of the relatively recently imported Russian capture examples? All of these and answers to some similar questions will be crucial in determining whether it's worth $350 or $2250. Let us know more -- Steve
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  • dolfandolfan Member Posts: 4,159
    edited November -1
    byf was the code used by Mauser.
    Lugers are very collectible and value depends on manufacturer, year made, matching parts, condition of finish and bore, etc.

    BTW, you'll be insulting GIs by using the term "stolen."
    The correct nomenclature is liberated or captured.

    During WWII, GIs were allowed to "bring back" certain arms as war trophies. They had to get the proper paperwork, known as "capture papers" in order to send them back home. A "bring back" firearm with its "capture papers" comands a big premium.

    After WWII, it became illegal for a soldier to take trophies.

    PS: Welcome to the forum.
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  • mondmond Member Posts: 6,458
    edited November -1
    As with all WWII memorabilia now, a lot is genuine, but the fakes are out there 1000's of , badges ,daggers,swords etc etc etc, the new technologies to age,& look authentic take a very keen eagle eye, to spot!!
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