Battle Harden Luger G date

[ranvette]

A honest bring back matching
sans the mag but a interesting mag number. Uncommon type G date receiver proof i believe

 

[mauser99]

nice well worn and carried p08.. not all of them can be mint.. Nice to see paired up with a 41/42 dated pig skin holster.

 

[ranvette]

That one I'm sure has a few thousand rounds out the tube.The bore is combat worn but not a spot of rust and shinny.
That sure wasn't target shooting. Its what you call well maintained to get the job done

 

[hansinluck]

Nice! Looks great.

 

[bonemorrow98]

Mistake stamp on the Mag ?

 

[JimF]

Nice to see it doesn’t have the “100 dollar chip” in the grip behind the safety.

 

[jimdvan]

I love this vintage of Luger. Nice find!

 

[hansinluck]

Mistake stamp on the Mag ?

The 5690 on the pistol and the mag is 5680?
It's certainly a close number to have, but it just tells me it's not the original mag distributed with the pistol.

 

[bmwr12]

I believe G date mags are eagle 154 proofed and the droop eagle 63 is 1936 only. I am not 100% certain though.

 

[Philip]

I believe G date mags are eagle 154 proofed and the droop eagle 63 is 1936 only. I am not 100% certain though.

Actually the DE63 started appearing in the early d block of 1935. Let me say I don’t claim to know when the first one appeared but they (DE63) were standard well before the 4000 range of the d block.

 

[Philip]

The 5690 on the pistol and the mag is 5680?
It's certainly a close number to have, but it just tells me it's not the original mag distributed with the pistol.

The blued body “type 2” magazine is from an end of 1936 n block Luger. It is at least 18 months after the pistol was made. We can really see the suffix block on the Luger but I’m guessing it’s a c-e most likely. IMHO most Lugers (really every one of them) that show a lot of bore wear from firing got that way from being a training school firearm that was fired by recruits regularly for years and or were fired a lot after the war when ammo was dirt cheap and usually corrosive steel jacket surplus. I believe it would be amazing if anyone fired a pistol dozens of times in close combat and survived or maybe in some exceptional cases over a period of years hundreds of rounds, which is hardly enough to break a bore in. Thousands of rounds would have never been fired out of any combat carried handgun at least in combat.

 

[Toddpatt 1995]

A honest bring back matching
sans the mag but a interesting mag number. Uncommon type G date receiver proof i believe

Would you be willing to sell the mag? I have the 5680 Luger everything matches but the mag