Fun Day. Got to Try out a German Luger!

[luvmyberetta]

Today I was browsing in a local pawn shop owned by a friend & happen to notice he had a German Luger in the case. This was a real beauty & has been very well taken care of by somebody. I'd call the finish at least 90% & it even had the original leather flap holster & two magazines. It was priced $1,250 so I told him it was very nice, but out of my range, but he winked & told me I could shoot it for free. I thought he was making a joke until he pulled out a box of Speer 9mm & told me to follow him outside. It didn't shoot like most old military pistols I've tried. I was amazed at how smooth the action was & how little recoil it had. We had a good time tearing a two liter bottle to shreds behind his shop. When all was said & done I was really impressed at how well it performed & it made my day to have the opportunity to try out a pistol that I've mostly only read about.

[Djay3]

When holding one of those beauties I always wonder what their "life history" has been.

With all the hand fitting involved in their manufacture, no telling what their retail price would be if made today!

[Mike.357]

I'd love to have one.  It is my holy grail

[peejman]

One of my childhood friend's father had a Luger.  I got to shoot it once, a long time ago.  My only real memory of that is getting burned by brass that landed on my wrist.  He also had an Uzi, but I didn't get to shoot that. 

[A.J. Holst]

You buddy is pretty cool in my book and there can be some  fringe benefits to supporting a LGS

[Moped]

One of the best feeling and shooting pistols I've ever fired!  The one I got to shoot wasn't 9mm.  It was 7.65 Parabellum.

Edited July 10, 2014 by Moped

[leroy]

A Luger is a great thing.... The ultimate german (...and european...) military pistol...

 

leroy

[gregintenn]

I never thought I would have a Luger, but lo and behold, I stumbled into my local gun pusher's store one day, and there in the display cabinet was a Luger priced for a song. He said a guy just brought it in and want to sell it on consignment. As the old saying goes, "A blind hog will find an acorn every now and again.

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It shoots as well as any 9mm I've ever fired.

[K191145]

My dad brought one back from Germany after the war, he wasn't the one who originally took it off a prisoner but he said soldiers back then after the fighting stopped traded for different things. I don't know what dad traded the soldier for to get it, I think some booze and stuff so the soldier could find some frualine to have a good time with. Anyway, back in the early 60's he sold it to a friend of his. I guess Lugers still wern't the prize back then as they are now.  

[RichardR]

Agreed, they are superbly designed handguns, as long as they are kept clean that is, only real flaw is the exposed toggle action.

They do feel great in the hand, easily in the top 10 of my favorite handgun designs, $1,200 is a reasonable asking price if it's in good shape & has the "regime" stamps on it, I'd probably offer $1000 & see if he'll bite on that.

[luvmyberetta]

Update: I stopped back by the shop today & was talking with the owner & the subject of the German Luger came up. He told me he ended up selling the Luger for $700 to an out of town customer. He said it was being sold on consignment & had sat there priced at $1,200 with no takers for a month so the pistol's owner said for them to sell it for what he had in it. I don't know who bought it, but someone got it for a steal. Congrats to the lucky buyer, but at the same time...  :wall:

[hipower]

Yeah, I passed on a Luger last year. One of my gun regrets.

[Djay3]

$700 is a fair price if it is a mixed parts shooter grade. BUT, if all parts are number matching and not rusted that fellow got a steal!

[RC3]

My dad have one before he got married. My mom is too anti gun for him to go buy another one. But I can say he doesnt pass the chance to admire my toys. Just refuses to go to the range with me because of her.

[Ramjo]

There's a commercially made Luger dated 1921 in one of my local gun shops. All of the finish is in the white and the wood grips are chipped and wiggle more than I would like. It's priced at $400.