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    #1

    Luger, and P-38

    To those that asked to see some photos, here they are. Sorry some of them are not very good.

    I will post photos of them together and some of each one alone in the next post(s).

    The 'red' on the safety on the P-38 is not as red or bight as it looks in the photo.






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    P38

    The 'red' on the safety is not nearly as bright as it shows in the photos (where the pistols are pictured together in the first post of them)




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      The Luger (sorry about the quality of the photos in these posts)








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        #4
        Fine looking guns
        The Luger seems to be wearing little pitting

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          #5
          Very nice pair The wooden bottomed Luger mag is from a WW1 era Luger and this model I believe would have come originally with either an Aluminium or Baekalite based one . Nice catch Well done Regards Toby.

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            Originally posted by FestungSpanien View Post
            The Luger seems to be wearing little pitting
            Well, it was in a war !

            I cannot be held responsible for how the original owner cared for it .

            It was given to me and I have oiled it and left it in the gun safe since it has come into my possession.



            However, I do agree, if it was in 'as issued' condition or perhaps even accompanied by a hand written note from Adolf, commenting on the pistol (mentioning the serail number) and a photo of him holding the note and the pistol, it would be worth considerably more.


            I do agree, it is not is excellent condition, but it is still a nice part my collection (I am not a collector, but do have some stuff I just happened to come by).

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              The pitting has nothing to do with the use in a war but is due to postwar long poor storage as it is nearly impossible that this damage was done during the war...do you know if the gun has been in a holster for a long time?

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                Originally posted by FestungSpanien View Post
                The pitting has nothing to do with the use in a war but is due to postwar long poor storage as it is nearly impossible that this damage was done during the war...do you know if the gun has been in a holster for a long time?

                It was in a holster when i got it 30 odd years ago.

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                  That's the reason for the pitting, however in my opinion you have a very very nice Luger, so sleep tight
                  That kind of damage is quite common
                  Originally posted by TTE View Post
                  It was in a holster when i got it 30 odd years ago.

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                    Originally posted by Tobysauer View Post
                    Very nice pair The wooden bottomed Luger mag is from a WW1 era Luger and this model I believe would have come originally with either an Aluminium or Baekalite based one . Nice catch Well done Regards Toby.
                    I think the 'buttons' on the end of the mag is metal.

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                      #11
                      The Luger would have come with an aluminum base magazine with E/63 acceptance mark.
                      The wood base magazine was used until 1928, and the bakelite magazines did not come into general use until 1941.

                      This is the correct magazine for a 1937 pistol. Serial number 6753X, a + indicating the spare magazine, and the E/63 acceptance mark.

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                        Originally posted by FestungSpanien View Post
                        as it is nearly impossible that this damage was done during the war...

                        So your saying its possible...



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                          The pistol doesn't show that much wear, just long term rust. No history to that.

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                            Originally posted by Johnny Peppers View Post
                            No history to that.

                            Not on this one, but I have a P08 that lived a hard life through the Burma campaign with the Marauders.



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                              say what?

                              Originally posted by Von Kleist View Post
                              So your saying its possible...



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