Posted: 1/28/2013 10:37:26 AM EDT
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Have original 1917 Luger with long barrel and carved sheath/stock.
Gun shoots like a sniper! It's family heirloom Anyone know more information like rarity, how desirable it is, or the approximate value of this piece ? Thanks in advance 
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Does the inside of the receiver forks look like white steel or are they blued? Is the safety marking painted in? This is a 1917 DWM Artillery Luger. Several problems with the ensemble. The stock is not what would have been issued with the weapon during WWI. There were flat board stocks with slots cut into them for the leather straps to pass through. The small lanyard/sling loop on the bottom of the front grip strap is not original to the weapon as made by DWM. There is no evidence of wear on the front of the frame rails nor the top of the sideplate island, not common for a weapon this old. The extractor show a huge amount of pitting corrosion not consistent with the wear show on the top of the breach block. I do believe this weapon has been refinished and some parts replaced. The ejector was a two digit serial number marked part. The straw parts dont look right either, they look blued over. On the plus side, it is good to hear it is a great shooter and you are enjoying it. I think $900 ball park for the entire ensemble. I would consider this a shooter Luger and not a collector piece so the value is diminished. But every Luger is cool and owning and shooting them can bring you a lot of enjoyment. The stock appears to be a very nice commerical stock and I have NO idea what it is worth by itself. that could kick the value of this estimate up some, looking forward to what others tell you.
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Just a FYI, your family heirloom is in reality a SBR in it's present configuration with that particular butt stock. What you have is a standard Artillery model and can only have the "type" stock on it that originally came with it. To elaborate you cannot put a navy stock on an artillery even though the only difference is a brass disk in the navy stock. They did make a commercial type stock for guns with that length barrel, but yours is a military issue so is not kosher. You of course could register it with that stock, or pick up a reproduction artillery stock to use with it. |
