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Posted: 1/16/2026 3:22:48 PM EDT
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One of my all time grail guns.... mostly because my grandfather captured one in WWII, that one is in storage with my SIL (long story... bitch...) I got this one off the interwebs a couple of weeks ago, and finally got the background check back (normally an instant "proceed" but was delayed likely due to pending C&R and Form 1's....) so I went and rescued it along with an M1 Garand, my FAL reciever and a well worn P38 (another grail gun)....maybe pics of those later, but this is the crown jewel of the collection 1936 S/42 (Mauser Werke Oberndorf) marked Luger... not all matching, the toggle has the FIRST two digits of the SN, the remainder is the LAST 2 digits (as proper.... I got a replacement toggle) Possibly/probably reblued at some point, but I dont care.... Black bakelite grips (no, its too early to be a "Black Widow"....) which I may swap out for some aftermarket wooden ones, as I prefer the look of wood, and these being 2 days short of "ancient" are prone to cracking/disintigrating....Magazine is an aftermarket Interarms one....   
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I can’t tell for sure from your pictures, but the small parts - safety, trigger, take down, etc. - should be “strawed” on a 1936 Mauser Luger, so most likely a reblue. But that’s okay. My only Luger is a G Date (1935) “buff & blue” that I picked up years back for $900. Whoever refinished it did a beautiful job on the blueing & straw. It’s absolutely gorgeous! And since it’s not really collectible now, it’s no-worry pretty shooter I can just have fun with. |
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Originally Posted By Steiner43: I can’t tell for sure from your pictures, but the small parts - safety, trigger, take down, etc. - should be “strawed” on a 1936 Mauser Luger, so most likely a reblue. But that’s okay. My only Luger is a G Date (1935) “buff & blue” that I picked up years back for $900. Whoever refinished it did a beautiful job on the blueing & straw. It’s absolutely gorgeous! And since it’s not really collectible now, it’s no-worry pretty shooter I can just have fun with. I am thinking the same.. the small parts "in the white" should be strawed... thats how the other one we have (that my SIL wont give up, even though its not hers....) is. This is a shooter grade gun that presents nicely... unfortunately the toggle is all non-matching, and the reblue shoots the value even further... but it looks good, and shoots good, so thats really all that matters to me... it will still be worth more than I paid for it when I go to sell it (or my heirs do, im keeping this one), so no loss either way. |
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