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Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:45 am
by YabuUS
Does anyone here own a Lugar pistol? Are they being made by anyone? I've seen them for sale at actions and the real ones cost more than my car is worth.
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:52 am
by The Annoyed Man
Would that be pistols built by Indiana Senator Dick Lugar, or are you referring to to the Lug
er pistols of WW2 vintage, or to any pistol chambered in 9mm Luger (AKA Parabellum, 9x19mm, and 9mm NATO)?
Sorry, the devil made me do it...
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:06 am
by joe817
The Luger P08 is arguably THE most prized collector's pistol ever. They've been obsolete since the beginning of WWII, as the German's stopped producing them when they introduced the P-38. DWM produced the vast majority of them, followed by Mauser. A Swiss company, Waffenfabrik Bern, made them under license by DWM.
I don't think anyone except (maybe) Stoger is importing/making them now. The manufacturing process is just to expensive, as it's made from machined parts.
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:10 am
by YabuUS
The Annoyed Man wrote:Would that be pistols built by Indiana Senator Dick Lugar, or are you referring to to the Lug
er pistols of WW2 vintage, or to any pistol chambered in 9mm Luger (AKA Parabellum, 9x19mm, and 9mm NATO)?
Sorry, the devil made me do it...
Yep, knew I misspelled it as soon as I saw it posted.
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:25 pm
by MoJo
The last real P08 Lugers that I know of being made were made 25-30 years ago by Mauser on the original machinery. These were collector grade guns selling for over a thousand dollars apiece back then. During the days after WWII a surplus Luger could be had for $25-30 the same gun now would command top dollar. Lugers are now collectors guns not shooters.
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:33 pm
by The Annoyed Man
YabuUS wrote:Yep, knew I misspelled it as soon as I saw it posted.
Man, if I had a nickle for every time I misspelled something, I'd have enough to take everybody on this board out for a steak dinner.
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:05 pm
by USA1
The Annoyed Man wrote:YabuUS wrote:Yep, knew I misspelled it as soon as I saw it posted.
Man, if I had a nickle for every time I misspelled something, I'd have enough to take everybody on this board out for a steak dinner.
i like mine medium with a warm pink center .
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:23 pm
by The Annoyed Man
USA1 wrote:The Annoyed Man wrote:YabuUS wrote:Yep, knew I misspelled it as soon as I saw it posted.
Man, if I had a nickle for every time I misspelled something, I'd have enough to take everybody on this board out for a steak dinner.
i like mine medium with a warm pink center .
Lucky for me I'm a good spellerer.
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:29 pm
by Count
Rare to medium rare for me.
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:30 pm
by MoJo
The Annoyed Man wrote:USA1 wrote:The Annoyed Man wrote:YabuUS wrote:Yep, knew I misspelled it as soon as I saw it posted.
Man, if I had a nickle for every time I misspelled something, I'd have enough to take everybody on this board out for a steak dinner.
i like mine medium with a warm pink center .
Lucky for me I'm a good spellerer.
Spel chek iz mi fren.
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:38 pm
by USA1
MoJo wrote:The Annoyed Man wrote:USA1 wrote:The Annoyed Man wrote:YabuUS wrote:Yep, knew I misspelled it as soon as I saw it posted.
Man, if I had a nickle for every time I misspelled something, I'd have enough to take everybody on this board out for a steak dinner.
i like mine medium with a warm pink center .
Lucky for me I'm a good spellerer.
Spel chek iz mi fren.
i laugh ,but without it , my posts would look like that
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:27 pm
by Chemist45
Back in the 90s Stoeger was selling blued and stainless copies of Lugers in 9mm.
Stoeger did not make them, either Mitchel or Aimco (maybe both) made them for Stoeger.
You can still find them.
As far as I can tell, they follow the Luger pattern faithfully.
My wife picked up a stainless version at a gun show for $500.
It shoots very nicely and is an affordable way to own and shoot a Luger.
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:45 pm
by HankB
I've been looking for a "shooter" grade Luger for a while now. In my reading, I've found that there are thought to be something like 3000 variations of this pistol, some of which drive collectors into a tizzy.
Naturally, every decent one I've come across is another "rare variation" justifying an inflated (to me) price . . . so I haven't purchased one yet.
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:19 am
by jbirds1210
My Dad bought a P08 for me about a month ago. I have shot it and absolutely love it. I am building a library on the things and can be found browing lugerforum.com
I have always loved the Lugers......
Jason
Re: Lugar Pistols
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:57 am
by CompVest
jbirds1210 wrote:My Dad bought a P08 for me about a month ago. I have shot it and absolutely love it. I am building a library on the things and can be found browing lugerforum.com
I have always loved the Lugers......
Jason
I am confused. The screen name says GLOCK but the post is saying Luger, an all metal gun? What have you done to Jason???