Luger in 45 acp

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Here is a question for the Luger pros
A little while ago a friends dad died but just before he died he turned in to the cops a luger hand gun. Asked my friend about it he said his dad got it back in the early 50s he said it was in 45 acp not 9mm he said they shot it alot years ago and even had a old box of ammo that he showed me he said that it was made in that caliber at the factory thats all the info I can get on it. So here is my question is this right or could it be a very good smith build up.
 
milspecind said:
Here is a question for the Luger pros
A little while ago a friends dad died but just before he died he turned in to the cops a luger hand gun. Asked my friend about it he said his dad got it back in the early 50s he said it was in 45 acp not 9mm he said they shot it alot years ago and even had a old box of ammo that he showed me he said that it was made in that caliber at the factory thats all the info I can get on it. So here is my question is this right or could it be a very good smith build up.
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Yes, there were Lugers in .45ACP. But they are extremely rare items... Was the Luger your buddy's Dad turned in in Victoria, B.C. and was it recently [in the past year or so]?
 
Guns and Ammo did a story a few years back on the .45 Luger Trials for the US, only one or two known to exist out of about 6 or 7,

Value ~ $1,000,000 USD.

An outfit in Calif is making them recently for about $10,000 a pop.
 
Coyote Ugly said:
Guns and Ammo did a story a few years back on the .45 Luger Trials for the US, only one or two known to exist out of about 6 or 7,

Value ~ $1,000,000 USD.

An outfit in Calif is making them recently for about $10,000 a pop.
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Bet he wishes he had kept it now.

This should be a lesson to all; NEVER turn in a gun. You will ALWAYS get something for it if you sell it.
 
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i ain't buying this one at all...

Good first post though.....

We all know the value of the .45 luger and it has been imortalized in a movie that won an Oscar for best picture....

...sorry your buddies on meth

one call to anybody about that gun in the firearms community and it would have been on CNN

I understand that they all are accounted for now
 
milspecind said:
Here is a question for the Luger pros
A little while ago a friends dad died but just before he died he turned in to the cops a luger hand gun. Asked my friend about it he said his dad got it back in the early 50s he said it was in 45 acp not 9mm he said they shot it alot years ago and even had a old box of ammo that he showed me he said that it was made in that caliber at the factory thats all the info I can get on it. So here is my question is this right or could it be a very good smith build up.
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Did your friend's dad also happen to own the Holy Grail and the True Cross?
 
http://www.lugerforum.com/45Luger.html

Only 2 found, 6 made, Canada mentioned:

http://forum.m1911.org/archive/index.php/t-251.html

John Martz (1968 and up) and Mike Krause (Current Repros) Reproductions:

http://books.google.ca/books?id=dtX...M20jtVD&sig=uPNGoCT4dPiM_1BBjMo-udICsEw&hl=en

The most recent published valuation by a private investor/collector for a non-carbine .45 Luger was in excess of $1,000,000 US$ (as noted in Guns and Ammo Magazine - March 1998):

http://gmund.rennlist.com/luger/ ($1,000,000 Baby!)

See also Guns and Ammo online.

Interesting reading.
 
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P-08 in .45ACP

John V Martz used to make custom lugers in .45 ACP barrel was longer and obviously thicker as well.

In order to accomodate the fat .45 rounds (compared to 9mm) he would solder two half frames together and build the innards from there.

I remember reading and dreaming about such a piece 20 years ago.....
They were quite pricy for my then budget.
This guy had a reputation for being a perfectionist.
The pictures were simply fantastic.

He also had patented a reverse toggle safety IICR correctly.

BB
 
A .45 Caliber Luger was sold in Canada in 1964 for $10,000....I spoke to the guy that once owned it!!!...it went to the US...it was brought back from WW2 by a Canadian Vet who lived in BC
 
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Brought back by a Cdn vet?
A very small quantity of Lugers chambered in 45acp were submitted for the US Army trials in 1910-1911. They were called American Eagle lugers and had the American crest on the top of the slide. The AE luger did not pass the test and did not go into production. John M. Browning's design of the 1911 won. The closest competitor was the Savage company's gun. It also failed.
How a vet got one and brought it back is very puzzling.
American Eagle Lugers originally chambered in 45acp by the company that submitted them for the trial are not just rare, but impossible to obtain. They are all in private collections. None have ever surfaced, with the exception of the one that was used in a story for G&A a while back.
The so-called sale of a genuine, factory produced prototype American Eagle Luger as noted above is dubious. Perhaps some details can be provided to substantiate the claim....
 
The vet may have raided a German factory and taken a factory sample, unlikely, but faintly possible. Lot's of interesting stuff came back in duffel bags.
 
Doubtful.

American Eagle Lugers were prototypes made only for the US Army trial for their reqest for a replacement of their current sidearm. Up to 10 prototypes were made in 45acp, the minimum caliber that was acceptable to gain entry to the trial.
When they failed the trial no more were made. None were made for WWI or WWII either. Perhaps the original poster's friend confused a 45acp box of ammo with a box of 9mm ammo. Besides, is faintly possible a reason to buy lottery tickets.?
 
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