Value Needed for trade: 1914 DWM

bobfried · 01-20-2007, 02:23 AM

I just traded for this Luger. Trying to establish value as we have not finalized the trade since the value of the pistol is not known. Any help would be greatly appreciated:

Markings:
DWM
1914
5085b
Proof Marks on right side
Importer marked on right side
The number striked out and restenciled is strangely enough both 85, same for the take down lever.

Condition is OK, I don't know anything about luger's so it's not my place to call it bad or good. It functions flawlessly, albeit the trigger is horrid. The barrel is pitted throughout but it is still plenty accurate. All the small parts that have a number on it is 85. Parts that do not have a number includes the sear bar and spring.

Here is an overall picture.

c3006 · 01-20-2007, 06:45 AM

Welcome to the forum, I see pistols like yours selling for $400 to $600 as shooters in my area depending on who has them and who wants them. Good luck with the trade. clint

GerColctor · 01-21-2007, 03:24 PM

That seems to me to be a high $$$ number for an imported Luger that has a pitted barrel and crossed out original numbers, even if considered only a shooter. I don't claim to be an expert.

If you can get that value in a trade, go for it. Good luck.
Joe

c3006 · 01-21-2007, 09:58 PM

I will buy any shooter I can find for $350 especially if it has a good FXO mag like that one looks like it has in it.

Edward Tinker · 01-21-2007, 10:04 PM

boy, if I could find $350-$400 lugers, I'd max out my credit card on them...

I never see them for less than $550 and that is usually pretty bad of shape...

Ed

pipeman45 · 01-21-2007, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Edward Tinker
boy, if I could find $350-$400 lugers, I'd max out my credit card on them...

I never see them for less than $550 and that is usually pretty bad of shape...

Ed

I'll take a few of those $400 ones you find after your card is maxed.
My neck of the woods it's more like $600.
And most of them are rough as a cobb.

Dwight Gruber · 01-21-2007, 10:39 PM

Peter,

The electropencil number on the trigger plate is characteristic of pistols reworked by the East Germans. To my mind the $600 figure people are mentioning here fall into the high side of a good trade.

--Dwight

waltherguy · 01-21-2007, 11:54 PM

I've noticed "Shooter" prices are VERY high in my area. Even online dealers seem to be asking a premium for RC & missmatched guns. I'm with you Ed, I'd max my Card out too!... Oh wait.. maybe I allready did that

Conny · 01-22-2007, 12:13 AM

Stripped down for parts and sold on ePay, you could probably make out better financially than trading. Some of the parts go for big bucks.

Then again, maybe a new barrel or relining and a "tune up" would make a very good shooter. That's my .02 cents worth.

GerColctor · 01-22-2007, 09:11 PM

Guys

I guess based upon the responses I stand corrected on the price of a shooter in the above described condition. As I said, I am not an expert on imported shooters in that condition. The FXO mag is nice.

Joe

bobfried · 01-24-2007, 08:12 PM

Thanks everyone for your responses.

I have decided not to go through with the trade as the person that owns the pistol have nothing else he wishes to add to the trade. My end was an SPR upper for an AR which is worth, apparently, at least twice that of this Luger.

I really do wish to own a good example and he said he'll be coming into possession of another clean example in the future. Here's holding out hope. I'll be visiting these boards and if serendipity strikes, maybe I'll get one from here.

DCCUK · 01-26-2007, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tacfoley
IMO you could not do better. I would have no hesitation in dealing with the guys on this board, if I was allowed to by my 'grateful government'.....

tac

Hi tac

I see you list UK as one of the places you live........

Are you talking UK govt?

My experience is it now harder to get stuff out of the USA.........

DCCUK

01-20-2007, 02:23 AM	#1
bobfried New User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Value Needed for trade: 1914 DWM I just traded for this Luger. Trying to establish value as we have not finalized the trade since the value of the pistol is not known. Any help would be greatly appreciated: Markings: DWM 1914 5085b Proof Marks on right side Importer marked on right side The number striked out and restenciled is strangely enough both 85, same for the take down lever. Condition is OK, I don't know anything about luger's so it's not my place to call it bad or good. It functions flawlessly, albeit the trigger is horrid. The barrel is pitted throughout but it is still plenty accurate. All the small parts that have a number on it is 85. Parts that do not have a number includes the sear bar and spring. Here is an overall picture.

01-20-2007, 06:45 AM	#2
c3006 User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: east tn Posts: 526 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 5 Posts	Welcome to the forum, I see pistols like yours selling for $400 to $600 as shooters in my area depending on who has them and who wants them. Good luck with the trade. clint __________________ Men Accustomed unto thier arms and their liberties will never endure the yoke. James Harrington 1776

01-21-2007, 03:24 PM	#3
GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 312 Thanks: 2 Thanked 45 Times in 29 Posts	That seems to me to be a high $$$ number for an imported Luger that has a pitted barrel and crossed out original numbers, even if considered only a shooter. I don't claim to be an expert. If you can get that value in a trade, go for it. Good luck. Joe __________________ It is better to have lived a day as a tiger, then a thousand years as a lamb.

01-21-2007, 09:58 PM	#4
c3006 User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: east tn Posts: 526 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 5 Posts	I will buy any shooter I can find for $350 especially if it has a good FXO mag like that one looks like it has in it. __________________ Men Accustomed unto thier arms and their liberties will never endure the yoke. James Harrington 1776

01-21-2007, 10:04 PM	#5
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	boy, if I could find $350-$400 lugers, I'd max out my credit card on them... I never see them for less than $550 and that is usually pretty bad of shape... Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

01-21-2007, 10:39 PM	#7
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,318 Times in 431 Posts	Peter, The electropencil number on the trigger plate is characteristic of pistols reworked by the East Germans. To my mind the $600 figure people are mentioning here fall into the high side of a good trade. --Dwight

01-21-2007, 11:54 PM	#8
waltherguy User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: FL Posts: 201 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've noticed "Shooter" prices are VERY high in my area. Even online dealers seem to be asking a premium for RC & missmatched guns. I'm with you Ed, I'd max my Card out too!... Oh wait.. maybe I allready did that __________________ "In a man to man fight the winner is the one who puts an extra round in his magazine" -Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

01-22-2007, 12:13 AM	#9
Conny User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Culpeper, Va. Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 26 Times in 13 Posts	Stripped down for parts and sold on ePay, you could probably make out better financially than trading. Some of the parts go for big bucks. Then again, maybe a new barrel or relining and a "tune up" would make a very good shooter. That's my .02 cents worth. __________________ Rangers Lead the Way, Duane Leiker

01-22-2007, 09:11 PM	#10
GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 312 Thanks: 2 Thanked 45 Times in 29 Posts	Guys I guess based upon the responses I stand corrected on the price of a shooter in the above described condition. As I said, I am not an expert on imported shooters in that condition. The FXO mag is nice. Joe __________________ It is better to have lived a day as a tiger, then a thousand years as a lamb.

01-24-2007, 08:12 PM	#11
bobfried New User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks everyone for your responses. I have decided not to go through with the trade as the person that owns the pistol have nothing else he wishes to add to the trade. My end was an SPR upper for an AR which is worth, apparently, at least twice that of this Luger. I really do wish to own a good example and he said he'll be coming into possession of another clean example in the future. Here's holding out hope. I'll be visiting these boards and if serendipity strikes, maybe I'll get one from here.