Help with identifying these prohibs?
- Thread starter Dick Proenneke
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WWI P08; Browning M1900.
Both 12-6.
Very nice looking Luger.
The Luger holster looks to be for a different model with a longer barrel.
Fair bit of coin involved with the Luger, and the holster.
The M1900 Browning, not so much.
The pistol grip barely showing is interesting.
Both 12-6.
Very nice looking Luger.
The Luger holster looks to be for a different model with a longer barrel.
Fair bit of coin involved with the Luger, and the holster.
The M1900 Browning, not so much.
The pistol grip barely showing is interesting.
- Location
- On a resonably direct route in NS
The Luger (P08: pistol model of 1908) is a winner for sure. Condition looks good at first glance. For anyone to evaluate the gun, they'd need to see the other side, and several other views, to really judge the condition. Then close-ups of the stampings, factory and year marks, serial numbers, whatever's on it. Hopefully the numbers match on each part.
Then you'll need a Luger expert, which I am not, lacking a 12(6.1) endorsement on my licence. Either here in the Pistols forum, or down the page a bit to the MilSurp forum, someone will look at the additional pictures and give a better idea. Think around a thousand bucks, but it's variable.
You've got two magazines, which is good; does one or both of them match the pistol?
The Browning far less. You can see the finish is mostly worn off, but at least it's original and not re-done. It's just a less desireable pistol all around.
Both are 12(6.1) Class Prohibited Firearms, and both are eligible for 12(7) inheritance as 1945 and earlier manufacture, so are better than post-WWII Prohib.s as far as the marketability.
Then you'll need a Luger expert, which I am not, lacking a 12(6.1) endorsement on my licence. Either here in the Pistols forum, or down the page a bit to the MilSurp forum, someone will look at the additional pictures and give a better idea. Think around a thousand bucks, but it's variable.
You've got two magazines, which is good; does one or both of them match the pistol?
The Browning far less. You can see the finish is mostly worn off, but at least it's original and not re-done. It's just a less desireable pistol all around.
Both are 12(6.1) Class Prohibited Firearms, and both are eligible for 12(7) inheritance as 1945 and earlier manufacture, so are better than post-WWII Prohib.s as far as the marketability.
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Both guns are collectible. If your friend can take the time to do some research, looking at one of the many sites for Lugers, she may find that the model she has, has extra value. Even if it's an ordinary army model with no special provenance, people are really attracted to Lugers and it will be worth more than the Browning. The Browning is an historic gun because it was the first successful autoloading design, sold very well for ten years, and marked the beginning of interest in smaller "pocket" sized self-loading pistols. If she can, try to find some collector sites. Unfortunately in Canada the collector will have to have a "prohibited" license, and there aren't many of those, so the market is small. If I had one of those licenses, I would love to try to buy it.
hatman1793
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Alas, both are indeed prohibited class firearms. However, the Luger will draw more value. The pictures do not tell enough of the story to identify the Luger as WW1. German Lugers from WW1 are of the long-barrelled artillery type, not the four inch variety.
Perhaps you can repost some more identifying pictures, with details listed on the actual gun.
Perhaps you can repost some more identifying pictures, with details listed on the actual gun.
