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This pistol was either my 1st or my 3rd wedding anniversary present from my wife. We have been married now for 47 years.

I picked it out of course, and I remember it cost 60 dollars in the discount store. I don't remember even making out paper work to get a pistol back then. It has been shot thousands of times, shows some wear, but still functions well with good ammo like super-x. This spring I plan on shooting it a lot.

Interesting fact: This pistol was made by Stoger arms Co. They bought the rights to the name luger and patented this pistol as a Luger. I think it is the German P08 that was called the Luger but was still officially a P08.

So what you see in these pictures is the real Luger in 22LR. (Hope that makes sense)
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Nice, I love the old artillery German lugers sexy guns.
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What is that type of gun? It's not a "real" Luger, they look considerably different. On the first look it appears to be a blank firing gun or a .22, but I can't read the stampings on the side.

It's definately not an artillery P.08, they had a longer barrel.
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Fyodor wrote:What is that type of gun? It's not a "real" Luger, they look considerably different. On the first look it appears to be a blank firing gun or a .22, but I can't read the stampings on the side.
Hmm, it looks exactly like the German Luger P.08s that are imaged via Google.
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The shape is the same, I agree.

But the "real" one doesn't have a stamped sheet metal "toggle", and the toggle buttons are way further in the back. They cam against the curved surfaces to unlock the action while the barel reciprocates. The original P.08 is a short recoil action.

In close up views there are some obvious differences:

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This was the standard issue set of an artillery P.08, not the long barrel and the rear sight:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistole_0 ... Arty08.jpg
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"Inconceivable!"

"You fool! You fell victim to on of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is 'never get involved in a land war in Asia' - but only slightly less well-known is this: 'Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line'!"

Also, never argue about Lugers with a German! :-)
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buckeye43210 wrote:"Inconceivable!"

"You fool! You fell victim to on of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is 'never get involved in a land war in Asia' - but only slightly less well-known is this: 'Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line'!"

Also, never argue about Lugers with a German! :-)
Maybe so. Still looks the same to me.
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Fyodor wrote:What is that type of gun? It's not a "real" Luger, they look considerably different. On the first look it appears to be a blank firing gun or a .22, but I can't read the stampings on the side.

It's definately not an artillery P.08, they had a longer barrel.
Hi Fyodor. Please reread the text I put in with the pictures.

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OK, now I see. You even wrote it's in 22...

My mistake.
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buckeye43210 wrote:"Inconceivable!"

"You fool! You fell victim to on of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is 'never get involved in a land war in Asia' - but only slightly less well-known is this: 'Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line'!"
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