Here is another old soldier. Its a Luger manufactured by Mauser in 1939. Its in pretty good condition and is all matching. I have looked at a bunch of Luger trying to fine one to add to my collection and its getting harder to find one that all the numbers match. Usually at the very least the side plate will be a mismatch and the magazine is almost never a match or not be numbered at all. It is chambered for 9mm Para. I believe these are also known as S/42 Lugers. When I was inspecting it I noticed the number 882 under the barrel below the 79 serial number and wondered if that was part of the sn but then I noticed that same number on my Artillery Luger. I asked some knowledgeable Luger people and was told that was actually 8.82 to indicate it was 9mm rounded of course as some of these were chambered for .30 Luger. I also asked about the 2 digit serial number and was told that the Germans numbered the Lugers 1 thru 10,000 with the letter a and then the next 1 thru 10,000 with the letter b. What I found unusual about that was they used lower case cursive letters. Btw the eagle 63 code stamp is what indicates manufacture by Mauser.
man t hat is a luger that i would love. i bet it was expensive though… i can only imagine it. my wifes stepfather has one his father passed down to him, while i was lucky enough to shoot it once, i dont think i’ll ever see it again. kinda sad really. hopefully though he’ll take care of it like its supposed to be.
I honestly don’t remember what i paid for it. I guess I kinda have a thing for German firearms. My father was captured during WW2 and spent a year as a POW in Stalag 7A near Moosburg Germany and I was stationed at Sembach Air Base near Kaiserslautern before getting transferred to RAF Welford in England many years ago.
wow. thank you for your service, as well as your fathers, especially as a POW that is amazing. MBoth m y grandfathers served, but none were captured. One was torpedoed in the Mediterranean sea. I appreciate you sharing your german stuff. i dont blame you for having an affinity for it. they really had some awesome weapons during the war. If they’d of had more time before we had entered into the war, we may all be speaking german now instead of english.
many thanks for your service
It was my honor to serve but I wouldn’t do it today. I haven’t charged but my country has.
this is perhaps the most sad statement i’ve read in a long time, especially since it is 1000% true. before my grandfather passed in 17, he used to tell me how proud he was having served in WWII and to have llived during the years he h ad lived. as we approached the time before he passed away, he couldnt believe how much things have changed, he was pretty disappointed in the country, its leadership and where we were as a whole to the point that he was almost ashamed of the US. I dont know what happened or how, but it has changed over the years, and we really really need to change things back… but i dont know how to do that. and i’m afraid if we tried we’d loose what little of our country we still have.
Sad but true.
Unfortunately we’re beyond the tipping point. Once you lose freedom its not possible to get it back. Its sad that my grandchildren and great grandchildren won’t experience the freedom I have. All these firearms I have collected over the last 40 or so years will one day end up in a crusher. One thing I promise is I won’t live to see it happen.
July 4th, 1776 says different.
That was a different time. The people hadn’t been brain washed for years by the education system (and i use that term very loosely), goverment, news (propaganda) media and entertainment. I probably haven’t watched a TV program other than college football for a couple of years because all it does is override my blood pressure meds. I would love to believe the people will one day wakeup and revolt but I don’t see that happening.
A lot sad but true.
Back on topic, that is a beautiful firearm. Some day I hope to acquire something similar.
as would i but i am not one who wants a revolution either to destory todays way of life, due to health reasons i’d be a goner if a revolution happened. without my meds and o2, well i wouldnt last long at all. I just dont know how else that we could fix the nation to be as it was as far as believing in the constitution, personal liberty, freedom, etc.
as for the topic… yes youre correct it is a beautiful gun. one day i will hope to have a luger in my collection.
Fortunately for me I live in a country and in a state where my overall freedom hasn’t been compromised. My state hasn’t been compromised by liberal woke stupidity. I have over 35 years of collecting Military & Law Enforcement firearms, magazines, accoutrements, military equipment and modern firearms. All of my collection is in a gun trust so it is protected as much as possible.
I do count myself lucky to be the curator of my collection and preserving it to pass on to my son when I am gone. I am also blessed with a son that has the same values and beliefs that I have.