nwilliams
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I picked up this Luger a few weeks back and it had a few issues but for $400 I figured it would make a nice project gun and shooter. It's chambered in .30 Luger (7.65 Para) and it's a commercial model but I've always been somewhat of a Luger fanatic so whenever I can get my hands on one for a good price it's difficult not to snatch it up.
This one was in pretty rough shape. The checkering was mostly worn off the grips. The ejector was broken at the end, someone had etched their SS# into the backstrap and magazine was missing the thumb piece which is needed to push up on the hold open latch when the gun is empty. Finally the wood base for the mag was cracked. The gun was also incredibly dirty, it looked like nobody had cleaned it in many years.
I started by taking the gun completely apart down to bare frame and and removed all the small parts. I cleaned the frame, slide and breech block and all the small parts removing years of accumulated rust and crud. I then ordered replacement grips, an aftermarket mag and a new ejector. When the parts arrived I put the gun back together. The grips required a good bit of fitting and the mag required a lot of fitting. I ended up sanding down the surface of the mag until it would slide in and out easily and then lightly reblued it to give it an aged look if possible. I also had to sand off the SS# etched into the backstrap and then cold blued it just enough to match the original bluing on the rest of the gun.
I'm pretty happy with how it came out. I have a couple of all original Lugers that I are more collectors pieces so I figure I'll just consider this one a shooter and have fun with it.
Before....
This one was in pretty rough shape. The checkering was mostly worn off the grips. The ejector was broken at the end, someone had etched their SS# into the backstrap and magazine was missing the thumb piece which is needed to push up on the hold open latch when the gun is empty. Finally the wood base for the mag was cracked. The gun was also incredibly dirty, it looked like nobody had cleaned it in many years.
I started by taking the gun completely apart down to bare frame and and removed all the small parts. I cleaned the frame, slide and breech block and all the small parts removing years of accumulated rust and crud. I then ordered replacement grips, an aftermarket mag and a new ejector. When the parts arrived I put the gun back together. The grips required a good bit of fitting and the mag required a lot of fitting. I ended up sanding down the surface of the mag until it would slide in and out easily and then lightly reblued it to give it an aged look if possible. I also had to sand off the SS# etched into the backstrap and then cold blued it just enough to match the original bluing on the rest of the gun.
I'm pretty happy with how it came out. I have a couple of all original Lugers that I are more collectors pieces so I figure I'll just consider this one a shooter and have fun with it.
Before....
