BridgeTooFar
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Hello all. This is my first post, but I've been reading this forum for a while now.
I have a German Luger which my grandfather has now given me. He claimed that my great grandfather took it off of a German in WWII (not sure if that's true, but that's the story, anyway).
I will attach high res pictures, but the markings I can see are "1917" just behind the rear sight and in front of the ejection port; "8008" on the left side of the upper portion above the trigger/trigger guard; "8008" on the underside of the barrel with a script "a" below that and "8,83" below that (towards the trigger guard); "08" is printed all over the gun in various places; "DWM" in very fancy looking script on the top of the receiver; some funky looking Cyrillic looking characters on the right side of the receiver just above the trigger/ trigger guard).
It has a long looking barrel (probably about 9" or so long).
I'd just like some more information on this gun. I have a leather holster for it as well, but I'm not sure if it's original or not (it does not have a flap/cover like some I've seen that are original Luger holsters, but it does seem to be made to fit this particular gun/model).
Any information anyone might have about this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I have a German Luger which my grandfather has now given me. He claimed that my great grandfather took it off of a German in WWII (not sure if that's true, but that's the story, anyway).
I will attach high res pictures, but the markings I can see are "1917" just behind the rear sight and in front of the ejection port; "8008" on the left side of the upper portion above the trigger/trigger guard; "8008" on the underside of the barrel with a script "a" below that and "8,83" below that (towards the trigger guard); "08" is printed all over the gun in various places; "DWM" in very fancy looking script on the top of the receiver; some funky looking Cyrillic looking characters on the right side of the receiver just above the trigger/ trigger guard).
It has a long looking barrel (probably about 9" or so long).
I'd just like some more information on this gun. I have a leather holster for it as well, but I'm not sure if it's original or not (it does not have a flap/cover like some I've seen that are original Luger holsters, but it does seem to be made to fit this particular gun/model).
Any information anyone might have about this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.