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I did it again, another impulse buy, this time I found this Imperial Luger and just could not resist.
I had a Luger many years ago but it was a non matching number gun. In fact, if I remember correctly, there was not a single part on it that had the same number. In addition to the fact that it was a mutt, it was depressingly unreliable seemingly unable to get through a single magazine without a stoppage of some sort.
Anyway, since then I really haven't been looking for a Luger due to the prices being insanely high on them, even shooter grade guns were priced beyond what I was willing to pay for one.
Apparently, this had just come into the shop a day or two before I got there. The story was that a woman had inherited it from her uncle and she had no use for it.
This is a all matching number gun except for the magazine, even the grip panels and firing pin are numbered to the guns serial number. The magazine, while not numbered to the gun is a correct wood bottom magazine from WWI.
1913 Imperial German P08 made by DWM:
The pictures don't really show the condition of the finish, but except for the pitting at the muzzle, the inspectors marks (blood pitting?) and a small amount at the rear of the barrel extension, the finish is about 85% or so, with strong straw colors on the trigger etc..
Not bad for a 101 year old gun. Another thing that I found interesting about this Luger is that prior to mid-1913, military Lugers were made without the lug for a shoulder stock. This one with serial number 3300a was made early in the year and thus has no provision for a stock.
I had a Luger many years ago but it was a non matching number gun. In fact, if I remember correctly, there was not a single part on it that had the same number. In addition to the fact that it was a mutt, it was depressingly unreliable seemingly unable to get through a single magazine without a stoppage of some sort.
Anyway, since then I really haven't been looking for a Luger due to the prices being insanely high on them, even shooter grade guns were priced beyond what I was willing to pay for one.
Apparently, this had just come into the shop a day or two before I got there. The story was that a woman had inherited it from her uncle and she had no use for it.
This is a all matching number gun except for the magazine, even the grip panels and firing pin are numbered to the guns serial number. The magazine, while not numbered to the gun is a correct wood bottom magazine from WWI.
1913 Imperial German P08 made by DWM:
The pictures don't really show the condition of the finish, but except for the pitting at the muzzle, the inspectors marks (blood pitting?) and a small amount at the rear of the barrel extension, the finish is about 85% or so, with strong straw colors on the trigger etc..
Not bad for a 101 year old gun. Another thing that I found interesting about this Luger is that prior to mid-1913, military Lugers were made without the lug for a shoulder stock. This one with serial number 3300a was made early in the year and thus has no provision for a stock.
) is one of the most accurate 9mm pistols I own. Such a pleasure to shoot!
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