1940 Mauser Banner 95 percnet with matching mag and matching holster.

[brock]

I picked this up at a local auction. Its a 1940 Banner luger marked with eagle L for police. Matching mag and holster. Its all matching down to the FP. Bore is great. 1.jpg 11.jpg 5.jpg 4.jpg 11.jpg 6.jpg 7.jpg 2.jpg 55.jpg

[brock]

This make my fourth luger. I may sell one of my 39s. Both are all matching but one has a mismatched mag. 44.jpg 33.jpg 77.jpg 333.jpg 55.jpg 444.jpg 555.jpg 66.jpg 222.jpg 111.jpg

[William Hull]

Congratulations, nice find!

[HAF]

super nice one congrats

[brock]

Thanks. She did not come cheap. But it has the SU16 mark on the left hand side of the barrel. I found a similar gun on RIA that had a holster but not matching that realized 7475 dollars.

[tharpo]

The Su on the barrel is correct. Most of the barrels around your serial number range had Su or S/42 on the barrel. It appears the Police had to take whatever parts were available at the time.

[brock]

One of the old timers on another forum said it was import marked. I don't know what he is seeing but this has no import marks anywhere. Not sure what he is talking about. Its as clean as can be.

[Alan Smith]

Pull the mag out and look at the underside of the cutouts where the ears of the mag base fit into the frame; some recently imported guns (e.g. Sturgess collection w/ Simpson Ltd. as importer) were very discretely marked in this location with a specialized laser engraver. I have also seen post-1986 imported Lugers and P.38's that were import marked on the frame, under the grips (i.e. import marks not visible unless grips are removed). Such under-the-grips markings are, however, not BATFE approved thereby potentially creating a problem. And, yes - BATFE does pursue cases for failure to import mark and/or inadequate import markings (e.g. the well-know collector/dealer/importer in New Mexico a few years back).

[brock]

I removed the grips, nothing there, nothing in the mag well where you show and nothing under the frame like in the other photo you show.