I'm trying to help a friend discover the value of this P38.
I haven't seen anything like this model on gunbroker and this isn't my strong suit, but my friend knows I'm at least better than him - lol!
TIA
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I'm trying to help a friend discover the value of this P38.
I haven't seen anything like this model on gunbroker and this isn't my strong suit, but my friend knows I'm at least better than him - lol!
TIA
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It's not a P38, but a Luger [/pendant]
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That is the rustiest Luger I ever saw. All that can be said is that it is a P 08 as made from 1913 til 1943.
It might could be made into a functional Zoid Pitted Special.
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I'll give him four nickles and five pennies for it. It's too rusty for much more than that.
Here is a reference for proof marks on different parts of the gun - http://www.germandaggers.com/Gallery/GLP.php
IF any thing can be discerned through the rust then this will be a source to start figuring it out.
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
Likely a shooter at best-but only after a credible gunsmith examination and some basic clean-up and repair.
Are the component parts (including magazines) serialized to the gun?
Possibly suitable for restoration, but a competant restorer is expensive, and the intrinsic value will likely be compromised.
Possibly a parts gun, or a wall hanger.
Unless-and here's a potentially big "unless" there's a known provable provinance about the specific gun and it's accessories; is so, and if there's value ascribed to the provinance the value of the gun as is could skyrocket.
Best, Jon
Like most P38s of late antiquity, it was probably used in the second Babylonian invasion of the Ottoman Empire, under the leadership of General Belisarius, likely becoming rusty after falling into the river Styx in an ill-fated cavalry charge. At least that's my first impression after seeing it.