1913 Luger

Tony Min · 08-18-2013, 02:39 PM

My sister in law has this Luger her grandfather brought back. She talks about it all the time and I finally got to see it. First of all she has stored it in the leather holster for many years and it is showing some rust. Secondly she shot it a lot years ago and I don't think she ever cleaned it. When I try to pull the toggle back it only comes up about halfway. I want to save this poor Luger so bad. I might just tell her to take it to a gunsmith to clean it up, but of course no refinishing.

How rare is this, how many are there, what is it's current value and any other info would be greatly appreciated.

I want to add a Luger to my own collection hence my membership at this forum. But I don't think she would ever let this go. Maybe if I tell her what she is letting deteriorate in front of her eyes will she let someone at least preserve it.
It has a fairly rough original hoster and two original mags with non matching numbers. The pistol appears to be all matching but I didn't get a chance to disassemble it.
Here are the pics:

08-18-2013, 02:39 PM	#1
Tony Min User Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 169 Thanks: 0 Thanked 21 Times in 14 Posts	1913 Luger My sister in law has this Luger her grandfather brought back. She talks about it all the time and I finally got to see it. First of all she has stored it in the leather holster for many years and it is showing some rust. Secondly she shot it a lot years ago and I don't think she ever cleaned it. When I try to pull the toggle back it only comes up about halfway. I want to save this poor Luger so bad. I might just tell her to take it to a gunsmith to clean it up, but of course no refinishing. How rare is this, how many are there, what is it's current value and any other info would be greatly appreciated. I want to add a Luger to my own collection hence my membership at this forum. But I don't think she would ever let this go. Maybe if I tell her what she is letting deteriorate in front of her eyes will she let someone at least preserve it. It has a fairly rough original hoster and two original mags with non matching numbers. The pistol appears to be all matching but I didn't get a chance to disassemble it. Here are the pics: