I thought I would share a family hierloom with everyone

[frankiestoys]

very cool

 

[HD_Ride]

Great story and nice gun, congrats on owning a piece of history

 

[David E]

I would get some G-96 oil and spray the gun down. Then I'd take a clean rag and rub pretty hard with it. It should remove most, if not all, of the surface rust without risking any damage to the rest of the finish.

 

[bwsmith2850]

Great story & great gun. That's one to never let go.

The German didn't have a clue what he said, but knew damn well what a Thompson pointed at him meant.

Ah yes, the universal language of the Thompson.

 

[Jim K]

One of the magazines has been renumbered to match the gun, a fairly common practice in German service. The "+" means it was the second issue magazine, the one normally kept in the holster pocket.

Those rust spots look like blood spatter, so maybe the German didn't surrender peacefully after all.

Jim

 

[Blinken]

That is absolutely beautiful! I am jealous of your story. I inherited this same luger and a pair of 30 m1 carbines (which I am not selling...thanks to the advice from others on THR) from my grandpa but he wouldn't open up about his experiences in war or how he got them. I know that there were stories but once he tried to open up his eyes would gloss over and he wouldn't talk anymore.

 

[skunkbreeder]

very nice gun. i have a p-38 that was given to me by my father in law. he got it from a dead nazi on anzio beach in 1944, it has the nazi markings on it too. he never shot it but i sure didn't hesitate to. works great, enjoy you're heirloom!

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

What a piece of history. My grandfather was in the Mexican Campaign and WWI. He was awarded 2 silver stars and some other medals. He never talked about the war, but one day I asked him if he had any guns. He told me that he had a .45, but he turned it in after he was discharged. I guess he had had enough of war and guns. My sister has his medals along with a letter from the War Dept. for one of his silver stars. I never got around to ask him what he did to earn them. I've tried searching on the internet, but to no avail. Someone told me the records dept. had a fire and a lot of records were lost. I was able to find his enlistment papers though.

 

[greenjeans]

I have a 1917 with all matching numbers. Looks like the original magazine with wooden bottom, but no numbers. It belonged to my stepfather and I don't know the story behind it. Mom gave it to me several years ago when he passed away. I have shot a few rounds through it to make sure it works, but I am more concerned about damaging the magazine than the pistol. Great pistol you have. Wish I had the holster with mine.

 

[kd7nqb]

SO COOL, I wish I had my grandfathers 1911 that he brought back. He brought it back from the Pacific Campaign kept it in a drawer for a ton of years, occasionally carried it while he was on the fire department and then gave it to a cop friend of his "for safe keeping" when kids came. Your very lucky to have something like that.

Oh yea and its even better that you shoot it.

 

[RON in PA]

Just in case you are storing the P-08 in it's holster, don't. Long term storage in leather often leads to rust.

Great family heirloom.

 

[Magic_Man]

Awesome

 

[joeq]

Beautiful pistol. Thanks for sharing some history.

 

[xXxplosive]

Your 1 very lucky guy....................thanks for the Pics.

 

[aka108]

Nice story. What I've always wondered is why every captured Luger was taken from a German officer, never a enlisted man.

 

[7 Rivers]

Monte Cassino

My Uncle's B-25 squadron was among the groups that pounded it to rubble. I miss the old guy alot these days.