[Lightsped]

I haven't found and bought a Luger yet, but I am curious as to how or where one can buy replacement parts.

Also, is there any place that remanufacturers replacement parts where you can specify the correct number be engraved into the part so as to keep your Luger looking correct?

[Walt Sherrill]

SARCO and NUMRICH generally have parts. The part supplies come in fits and starts. Things like side plates will come on the market every once in a while.

Numbering replacement parts to keep the gun "looking" correct is generally considered bad practice and arguably unethical, as it can make a mismatched "parts" gun appear to be a complete, original weapon. I'm sure its done, but collectors frown on the practice. And, generally speaking, only the folks new to Lugers are fooled by it... like a first-time buyer.

I had an authentic Luger, sold to a collector last year, that was a WWII bring back. It was absolutely correct, in original holster, etc. The magazine had a matching number, but was an incorrect magazine for that gun. I doubt the original US GI Owner (the deceased brother of a neighbor) did this, so it might have been done by the German who had originally carried it -- but it simply was a false "note" in an otherwise very nice P-08.

One collector acquaintance noticed the variance and brought it to my attention, so I was prepared for questions when I eventually sold it.

[Old Fuff]

The reason all of those various parts are numbered is because they were originally hand-fitted to a particular gun. The numbers assured that if a batch of guns were torn down for cleaning the right ones would go on the pistol it was supposed too.

The parts usually supplied now have been taken off some other gun, and may or may not fit yours. Be aware that simply buying a part and replacing the one you have doesn’t mean that it will work or fit properly. This even applies to magazines - they too were numbered.

[Kamicosmos]

In regards to magazines:

I have a family heirloom Luger granddad brought back from WWII. It's a 1916 model.

I had to replace the trigger return spring (original was missing, trigger wouldn't reset) and the mainspring (it had a P38 spring in it, and would bind horribly). Also put a pair of Eagle Walnut grips on it, cause the originals were split, moldy and bloody when granddad got it, and he had put on a pair of plastic 1950's era replacements.

Anyways, the magazine is a WWII issue mag, with black plastic base, no numbers that I recollect. (may even be a newer mag than that...)

Anyone know of a place to get a WWI-type wood base magazine? The WWII one is too loose, and falls out of the gun it you shake the gun just a bit.

[Walt Sherrill]

Pick up a copy of Shotgun News from the newstand, and look for the SARCO ad in the back. Or visit the Numrich website (WWW.EGUNPARTS.COM). You should find just about anything you need, if you look long enough. (Parts come in fits and starts.)

The magazine problem you describe is probably NOT a magazine problem, but something to do with the mag release/catch. If the mag fits in the grip, it shouldn't be falling out.

If the gun saw service in WWII it might NOT have had a wooden base. SARCO and NUMRICH, again.