Thats a nice old Luger! I should have bought some years ago, but didn’t have the time to bring myself up to speed with yet another complicated maze of models, all with different values and many of which had been through the mill, ie two world wars! So, I decided I wanted a brand new one and what could be better than those being made again by Mauser, supposedly on original equipment to original drawings saved from the war, at the same Oberndorf address too! I like the Swiss pattern which right away showed I was not a purist. Just seemed that an extra safety for the old gun was extra insurance. I have one from off the top of my head is mid production, so about 35 years old and was asnib until I decided to put a box of ammo through it around 5 years ago! It ate whatever I fed it, reloads, fmj, some small hollow point. The magazine spring is extremely stiff which gives it reliable feeding. Its my favorite close examination pistol! It’s no Kreighoff but its a very beautifully made Mauser Swiss pattern with a 4" or 5" barrel, box, papers, 2 mags, loading tool, cleaning rod, test target and manual! Apparently worth almost $3k now and that’s nice!
I love it like the old fashioned typewriter or sewing machine it is in addition for what it represents as a functioning historical pistol! Guess I don’t have a picture handy so here’s a pic of my Colt/Browning M1908. .380! This one's as old as my WW2 fighter pilot pal Bud Anderson was last January, 100 years and still functional as a concealed weapon! One of the first pocket pistols, all curved smoothed surface's, internal hammer, for old fashioned “Big Pockets” and a little bit heavier than my TPH or a PPK/PP but easy recoil with a .380 due to its weight. I can bounce a tin can until the mag empties with it! With the single action cocked/locked, manual and grip safeties, it can be carried and is a very slim, very accurate, blow back weapon. The .32 is really really sweet! Like shooting a precision BB pistol! These pictures don’t do it justice, it looks even better in your hand and feels just as nice too! They are why I gave up my PPK’s!
