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Originally Posted by R8ers
Anybody know what this is worth?
Mauser 9mm German Gesichert
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P08 lugers go from $500 to $10,000 & up.
It basically takes a book like the one of the following big fat books to answer your question.
Common variations of all matching Lugers in excellent condition are usually around $1,500 to $3,000.
If it is stamped with a year on the top of the receiver, then it is likely German military of some kind. There should be a manufacturers stamp atop the toggle.
The backbreaker is when the stamped numbers on the gun parts don't match. For good value you MUST have an all matching gun. The Germans were anal their military guns were stamped on the receiver, the barrel, the toggle pin, the safety, the trigger, the takedown lever -- everything but the grips basically. One part with a different number crashes your value down to low value.
If it is non-military like a "commercial" gun, then you won't have the stamped numbers, but then they aren't worth that much anyway. There are a lot less commercial unstamped guns today, because the sheisters used many of these unstamped guns to fake rare or valuable lugers, since they were blank slates they could stamp without removing any metal to do so.
There is just no telling what your luger is worth without knowing some details if it is military (Mauser or Kreighoff), if it is WWI or WWII, early or late War WWII, Swiss or Portuguese or American Eagle or what have you.
There are just hundreds of variations of these things. Not a hobby for the meek.It is easy to get ripped off if you don't have a thorough knowledge of what you are buying.