What would the value be for a authentic .....

[Red Oct]

i made a mistake, it wasnt a WWII pistol it was WWI.
maybe now the value will go up?

[IceFire]

Take it to the antique road show.

They know all.

[Mister Frag]

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They know all.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
They think they know all.

I&#39;m sure they are experts at assessing the value of antique furniture, paintings, and other knick-knacks, but I wouldn&#39;t trust them with figuring out the value of an old Luger (or whatever the pistol at hand turns out to be). Nor would I recommend taking a functional firearm to a public event.

The NRA can actually appraise the pistol, but you could also go to GunsAmerica.com and check under the "Luger Pistols" or "Military Pistols: Non-US" sections to see if something there resembles the pistol at hand -- it would give you a rough idea of its worth. Keep in mind that having the original holster with it will increase its value.

[USSoldier11B]

Get your pistol appraised by either a popular gun magazine or a reputable gun dealer. Denoir how would you know? You can&#39;t own guns.
If it is in good condition it could be worth a good sum. I suggest that you keep it. The older it gets, the more rare it will become. We have a Waffen SS dagger that my grandfather (a grunt in the 3rd I.D.) pulled off of a Nazi troop that he killed. We will never sell it. It is too valuable a momento from a soldier that surivived campaigns in Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. My grandfather received 5 purple hearts in WWII and still saw it through until the end. I don&#39;t know how he survived it all.

[Red Oct]

what was the cal. of WWI era Lugers? anyone know? i gota get to sleep its 10 am over here

[timmy]

My grandfather shot a nazi and grabbed his medal/badge thing and a pistol, he was some sort of officer from what i can tell by examing the badge thing,hes pretty sure that the nazi that he killed was the same one that put the bullet hole in his helmet. The helmet that he was wearing has a bullet hole going in the back right side and coming out the back left. Ive examined this helmet, and all but 1 or 2 mm the back strap was shreded by the bullet, so if it had been a few milimeters closer to his head, he&#39;d&#39;ve been a goner. This all happend in the Battle of the Buldge.

o and he also received 2 purple hearts, one in france, and one in africa.

my great uncle was killed by nazis in france

and my other grandfather was also in world war 2, he was in the artillery and his job was to receive the corridantes for the 115 howitzers, and tell the gunners where to fire. He was then drafted into the OSS, i dont know what that stands for, but it later became the CIA, and he was in the CIA during vietnam, and did numerous special operations there. He still has an ak47, and quite a bit of ammo from what hes told me.

my dad also got out of being drafted numerous times to vietnam, because of his father being in the CIA.

[Red Oct]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (USSoldier11B @ May 11 2002,07:16)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Get your pistol appraised by either a popular gun magazine or a reputable gun dealer. Denoir how would you know? You can&#39;t own guns.
If it is in good condition it could be worth a good sum. I suggest that you keep it. The older it gets, the more rare it will become. We have a Waffen SS dagger that my grandfather (a grunt in the 3rd I.D.) pulled off of a Nazi troop that he killed. We will never sell it. It is too valuable a momento from a soldier that surivived campaigns in Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. My grandfather received 5 purple hearts in WWII and still saw it through until the end. I don&#39;t know how he survived it all.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
thats how we got the luger, my great uncle took it from the corpse of a dead officier in WWI and decided to bring it back, after he passed away, it went to my great aunt. but my uncle asked first so he now got it before my dad managed to get it. should i ever see him i see if he&#39;ll let me have it. and OSS stands for Office of Secrete Service Timmy

[Assault (CAN)]

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9mm Parabellum, same as WW2.

[Warin]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Denoir how would you know? You can&#39;t own guns. [/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>

You must have missed the same post I did

He is a member of a gun club and does own guns.

Strange...but I find myself agreeing more with the pinko eropean (Denoir) than I do with Mr Assault(CAN)

[Snoopy]

they sell mausers here for under &#036;100