KM Luger magazines

[1945]

Hi all.
I have those 2 KM Luger magazines i wanted to show. I am not a Luger colector, and wonders if they are rare to find?

[phild]

Not at all easy to find especially in that condition

[1945]

Thanks for reply.
They came together with a short KM Luger in a holster, onely one of the magazines has number to it, as seen in the picture abow. Both are KM marked.
Picture of the KM marking on the deactivated shortned KM Luger��

[1945]

Picture

[1945]

Picture

[Johnny Peppers]

Pistol was originally either an Erfurt 4" or DWM LP08. What are the acceptance marks on right side of receiver.

[1945]

Hi and thanks for replying��
It is a navy rework, i found this on Internett.
This Luger have started as a Lp08 i think.

[Johnny Peppers]

Yes it is a Navy rework. Just wondering what it was originally.

[1945]

It looks like it was a Lp08, the barrel have the same number and stamps and so on.
If we see the back of the barrel it have traces after what i think is the tangent sight?
It is a DWM.

[Johnny Peppers]

I believe you are correct. They turned the LP08 sight boss down on the barrel.

[1945]

Is this a rare version to find, or do naval reworked p08 like this often pop up?

[phild]

They are very scarce and arguably (isn’t everything in this field?��) rare as the Weimar era navy was tiny and late attrition was astounding.

Is this one MA stamped on the left side. A lot of these conversions were done by the Marine Arsenal for the Ostsee fleet.

[1945]

Hi and many thank you and others comenting in this tread, giving from your knowledge😃👍
It has no further KM or earlyer Weimar marinen markings on it, not at the left side were ofen a krown M are plased. It onely has this Ostsee number on the grip, and weimar(?) eagle with a O underneath on barell and left side chamber of the pistol.

[phild]

As mentioned above this one was converted from a long barrel 08, probably in the later 20s or early 30s. IMO the work probably was done at a Navy Arsenal. Assuming that the frame is matched to the receiver, this Luger was issued to the Ost See fleet in the early to mid 30s.