No need to apologise for ANYTHING. I think anyone with a scintilla of common sense knows that the phrase "Nazi gun" refers to the fact that it was manufactured or used during the Nazi era. As ever, a brilliant educational film. Thank you so much.

@duartesimoes508

3 жыл бұрын

Of course!

@Sufiyankhan-eb8sd

3 жыл бұрын

😭🖑❤😔🐂

@DarrellBeckford

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, in fact apologizing suggests there could be something wrong with collecting these guns. To the victor go the spoils and Lugers are some of the best spoils out there!

@fionakovachev4484

3 жыл бұрын

The Luger Parabellum was develop long time before Nazi era 1934-1945. So don't post the rubbish

@davidjacobs8558

2 жыл бұрын

@@fionakovachev4484 as this video showed, Luger was developed by Georg Luger working for DWM company, which was owned by Ludwig Loewe (changed his original name from Louise Levy) a Jew. Similar to How Mercedes Benz is not Nazi automobile, since Mercedes Name is derived from a Jewish Girl named Mercedes Jellenik.

No need to apologize for anything. As much as certain people believe guns kill people, they also think they can have political persuasions, yet ignore the fact Volkswagen was a vehicle made for the nazis, Hugo Boss designed nazi uniforms, Mitsubishi made Japanese zeros etc etc... I understand people being uncomfortable that someone is idealizing the nazi party, but history is history. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean we all have to ignore it. What amazingly beautiful pistols. I can't believe there are examples out there is such wonderful condition.

You are so honest Tom. Tears in eyes material, and as the previous commentator stated: No need to apologize for ANYTHING!

Amazing collection. Never saw commercial Luger's variety on a one table and in such a large variety. Thanks!

That "unplanned" middle child comment was fantastic!! Great video and thanks for posting.

@thomaswhiteman4261

3 жыл бұрын

What about the Abercrombie comment? 😃

@ar6985

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomaswhiteman4261 Most excellent!

One word comes to mind when you see these pistols “quality”. It’s sad it was so abundant back then but today it’s “rare” and expensive.

An amazing collection of commercial Lugers! Thanks Tom for showing them to us!

@Michael-ti1gn

2 ай бұрын

Ditto

Damn those are some beautiful guns look like fine jewelry. Love the Lugers and their history.

Beautiful look the Luger. As much art as industry. It is German the way a gladius is Roman.

"I bought some guns today" drops 40K on pistols.......

Thanks for yet another most interesting and educational video on these beautiful and fascinating weapons. Many years ago I owned a DWM Commercial model in 7.62 mm (1923?). I almost weep when I recall that through my youthful expedience, I swapped it away! Please keep up your good work.

GREAT! loved it , My Grandads 1913? is a treasure that will hopefully be in the family a few more generations. a great machine to fire!

i was not having a great day, too much pain from old "injuries" till i saw your latest thomas, thank you feeling a bit better now ...rgw

I think it's interesting that the stock lug was deleted for commercial pistols but the lanyard loop was retained.

F. W. van Drey was a trader in Hamburg, Germany. II MD is most likely Zweite Marinedivision or Second Navy Division.

Absolutely fantastic Luger's !!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for showing all of these Luger's, Sir !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Lugers are no more to blame for Naziism than actual Nazi soldiers who used captured American pistols and rifles to kill Americans (which did happen). Nobody would say that, in those situations, the guns were Nazi Garands or Nazi .45 Autos.

What an incredible documentary!!

Шедевр...!!! Редкое сочетание в личном огнестрельном оружии - внешняя красота, простота и удобство использования, а также хорошие качество и функциональность... Можно смело назвать этот пистолет - произведением искусства..!!!

Beautiful firearms.

I'd be happy just to have one Luger lol

@derpythespy

3 жыл бұрын

hell, i'd be happy to even touch a luger. i'm in canada

@DarrellBeckford

3 жыл бұрын

@@derpythespy Average citizen can't even own a replica Luger in the UK!

@robertslaughter7044

3 жыл бұрын

@@derpythespy ....Sucks to be a Subject, rather than a free-man.

@robertslaughter7044

3 жыл бұрын

@@DarrellBeckford .... Sucks to be a subject instead of a free-man.

@user-tt9rb4ks8l

Жыл бұрын

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very beautiful collection. Thanks for sharing

NICE TO SEE YOU RESPECTIVE PERSON.

''unplanned like my middle child'' is wild, this guy is too funny

Excellent, thank you for doing this.

Great presentation. Thank you!

Excellent descriptions and knowledge

It is Luger who create the 9 mm for the first time !! ^^

Very cool and neat thank u sir beautiful guns

I really enjoyed this video of German Lugers

That's a whole lotta Lugers. Thanks for the information.

Wow, I thought I’d seen all your Luger videos, this was worth looking through your old videos I enjoyed this one

Incredibly beautiful!

Did anyone else notice the: ”Unexpected just like my middle child” In the beginning of the video?

It is such a beautiful design for a gun. It is the gun I would most want to buy, if I had the money , thanks again

Thank you for the amazing content!

Great informative video as usual, Tom. I hope to get a commercial Luger from you soon.Thanks.

Great video of a great collection but I couldn’t stop cringing - “he’s gonna domino those pistols!!”

@jcmaxie4758

3 жыл бұрын

Gun Fzx & the one on the edge! 😬

@gunfzx

3 жыл бұрын

JC Maxie at least get a longer table!! I don’t want to see those beautiful pistols damaged!!

N-4...Z.1 Guns are the best and some are still in use by major armies, such as the MG42, now MG3.

That .30 calibre round is a wicked round .

Interarms did this in the 1980's too, my dad has a n Astera 380 Walther stainless knock off which was made in Spain , imported by Interarms and marked the same way as the Walther was at the 10:05 minute mark.

Also I agree with you. Nazi history is important to learn about. So we understand hate and racism. And how we can not incubate those feelings as a modern society so they can never be recreated. I believe history is only repeated if you chose to forget those lessons others have learned.

@haroldgodwinson832

3 жыл бұрын

Also in order that we understand the insidious nature of 'socialism'. Socialist ideologies, like 'National Socialism', thrive on perceived enemies - class, national or racial.

Thanks for the great film full of great information

Thanks for the video. I just got my first Luger.

Thank you very much...Well done...!

Have a Mauser commercial variant ... lovely design. Cheers from Canada. Didn't know about the grip-safety variant ... interesting!

That Swiss Luger is just amazing! 😮

Thanks. Great Video!

Great video Tom, and for the people who are "offended" by your use of "Nazi Guns", they need to get a life. Perhaps they should be protesting and marching with the other snowflakes, instead of being educated by your vast knowledge of these weapons.

The Walter PP are the James Bond gun !! ^^ And it was offer as a gift during the second world war ..!

I really enjoyed this.

Nice collection. Ive never seen a Luger. Im 72. I have a Nazi dress daggar with swastika that my Father brought back from WWll. Also a 25 acp SEAM( Spanish Arms ) pistol with a sawed off extended barell that Dad got on the battlefield somewhere. Works too. Dad was in medical corp and was behind lines mostly picking up body parts He never talked about it much.

thank you for the clarifacition on the terms, what rush through the product palette

The Luger is just a awesome gun and high quality too

Great Review, Thank you for taken the time

grandioso como siempre, gracias Tom!!!

Very informative.

Thanks for another interesting and informative video, I always learn something new when I watch your videos. I don't understand the need for some people to complain about the use of the word Nazi, yourself and other collectors enjoy purchasing these types of pistols for the historical value, that doesn't mean or suggest that we agree or support the Nazi philosophy or doctrines from that era.

These are gorgeous pistols, and, if I may, you shouldn't place them so close to each other. The first one to tumble will create a domino effect that may well scratch the whole collection. And these Lugers are superb!

@mfreund15448

2 жыл бұрын

Since Tom has literally wrote the book on Lugers and many other guns, I would defer to what he feels is a good way for him to showcase the guns in his possession.

Very nice >>>>>> Thank you .

I love P38. It is a fantastic pistol!!

I am a Luger collector I have 52 of them only 2 repeats, some in fair condition, mostly in very good condition and a couple almost out of the box. really what I wanted to point out is that in both presentation you do not mention that the Mauser lugers have a very special carachteristic in that in their back frame they have a small bump, some authors said they were afraid the small tumbler might slip out during firing of the weapon. Excelent presentation.

I like that long-barreled one.

Ещё одного Люгера не хватает , у нас России выпускают Люгер - водяной !

Thanks for another great video and lesson. No need to apologize for anything. Are any of these going to be for sale?

Ten points for apologizing and mocking trolls at the same time. The people who put this kind of stuff online pull the wings off flies and don't get invited to parties. Do not feed the trolls.

Amazing video!

Whirl War!!! 😜

Beautiful gun

What a lovely collection of my favourite gun! Thanks for showing it to us. Here in England we can no longer own pistols of any description and I had a dog of a Luger ( BYF42)to look at I bought at an auction. No one but me bid on it because it looked so tatty, but I had examined it and looked down the barrel...... it was in absolutely mint condition, so I got it and it shot like a demon, I won a couple of cups with that Luger and boy do I miss owning it, knowing it went for crushing and scrap. Fucking governments!!

@dankoj9314

2 жыл бұрын

I have one from 1915. It's in almost perfect shape! I want to sell it for 2000e. Last year one German tourist offer me 2500 euro , but at that time I didn't need money! I have lost his phone number,so I can not find him. If you are interested, send me your viber number and I will send you the pictures of it. Only on the viber we can connect each other for this!

@jdisdetermined

2 жыл бұрын

That is such an injustice. 95% of any and all government is made up of people who don't know a fucking thing about the shit they push at us. Just self serving crooked bullshit, all about power and control over the people who don't need them. Successful people who live quietly, pay taxes, drive the economy, never need a handout and rarely ask for anything except to be left the fuck alone. I get pissed just thinking about it.

@davidjacobs8558

2 жыл бұрын

a Government that fears the armed citizenry is not a legitimate government of the people.

@samrodian919

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidjacobs8558 yes Tony fucking Blair and his cronies

Thank you!!!!

Middle child "HEY"

F in chat for Lugers best firearms

excellent !!!

Now I question about my Luger. I've been researching this little DWM for about a month now.

Tom-I really enjoy your videos. You talk a lot about proof marks and the various stamps on Lugers. Have you ever seen the actual tool that imprinted the stamps? Was it hand held or was it a machine? Just wondering. Also-thanks for the Luger magazine I purchased from your company last week. It was exactly as described.

@profpudwick

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I wonder if Tom could interview an employee of Walther or Mauser or Spreewerke or Brünn.

@19:38 several of the companies manufacturing lugers went underground due to bombing several of these companies were hit in 1942-43 and 44 some of the guns were made in Austria in bunkers were poor light conditions and random parts of the guns were used when you move items around nothing seems to match perfectly so it's my strongest belief you have either a gun from Vienna or a gun made an Innsbruck seen another KZreadr explaining where lugers were made from an Austrian channel that has its own little gun Channel they're either called a mixed bag Luger or even a tunnel made Luger as lots of these guns were manufactured in bunkers and mines I was also very shocked on how many people they had producing these pistols and total they had four people making guns in Austria as several of the Machining tools were moved around to different parts in Europe as the Luger was not an important weapon and too expensive to manufacture and production move to making the submachine guns and machine gun rifles most of these companies were hidden from the German government at the time and didn't leave a proper paper trail as some of them use prisoners and foreign workers in the companies there was a small town near Frankfurt that made hand grenades in people's homes many of these tiny homes were trade workers making mouse traps and bird cages and work in the copper industry in Germany so German manufacturing was mainly all over the place so the Luger could have been built and manufactured even in a small town somewhere with one or two workers by a proper gunsmith

Nice video! Just curious, I have a numbers matching Luger which I would like to have authenticated and appraised. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Did the commercial guns have serial numbers on the firing pins, togle pins, grips, ect? I just purchased one from the 20s and it has all matching numbers but not on some parts that are normally on the war guns.

when general George S. Patton said we defeated the wrong enemy, i guess he was right.

@haroldgodwinson832

3 жыл бұрын

I have much admiration for the Germans but 'socialists', of any sort - national socialists, Marxists, communists, anarchists etc , absolutely not!

@geraldscott4302

2 жыл бұрын

General Patton carried a Colt SAA with pearl grips, despite the 1911 being the official U.S. military sidearm during WWII.

@MedievalMan

10 ай бұрын

​@@geraldscott4302 Ivory grips, he always had to correct people that it wasn't pearl.

@edwardsallow6518

8 ай бұрын

Yes for multiple reasons

@user-zp5pn5he7v

6 ай бұрын

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I like your YT channel and have already seen many videos. I'm fascinated by your knowledge of the "08". In Germany we don't say Luger, we say "08" or "P08". II M D is probably a Roman numeral, but makes no sense, as the letters are not written in this order: II = 2 , M = 1000 , D = 500 This must have a different meaning. My father had a 9mm 08 after the Second World War, my be from my grand father. After the Ware there were pistols, carbines, even MGs, on almost every attic back then. That was completely normal in the country side back then. I was than allowed to stay up until midnight and was always excited and fascinated when my father took the "08" out of the pantry next to the kitchen and shot it into the air in the street. He also had a beautiful shotgun with the barrels fully engraved. Almost all of us children had a side-barrelled rifle (Seitengewehr 98) and a Wehrmacht belt, "Gott mit uns" (God with us) and a swastika.If you didn't have one of those, you didn't really belong ;-) This god times came to an end in the time of of tbe end of 70th, when the Baader-Meinhoff terrorists (RAF)have kidnapped and killed VIPs and the gun laws in Germany have been idiotically tightened to make it difficult for terrorists to obtain weapons. Completely crazy, because the terrorists raided barracks and stole the weapons or got them from the palesitens. From then on, it was the sport shooters and those who had WWI and WWII weapons at home who were in trouble.

Oh you are fine. I am soo drooling...

Sweet ! I want a luger any luger . But It has to have a barrel longer that 4" because I'm in Canada the moronic.

Ive always thought lugers were beautiful handguns, I also think AKs are beautiful as well , so maybe my taste is a bit different then most.but , I def gotta get me a Luger one day, I want a real German WW2 Pistol , just very amazing historical value as well, And not because its something i support , i vehemently do not my Grandfather fought them in ww2 , I just would like to have a piece if history , of the enemy, very cool. Also wouldnt mind a broomhandle either , very interesting guns thanks for sharing!

@profpudwick

3 жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you mean. I am there too. .

'Loewe' is pronounced 'Loova'. 11:45

@profpudwick

3 жыл бұрын

Ganz gut!

On that last GNR gun, Portuguese is similar to Spanish, to me it sounds like Guardia Nacional Republicana or Republican National Guard, maybe I'm wrong idk. Anyway great video!

@LegacyCollectibles

3 жыл бұрын

You are correct !!

I noticed you didn't remove any magazines. Is that considered "wear" on the gun, or is that left to the buyer?

I thought you might domino these Lugers 😄

J'adore !! ^^

I had a DWM serial number 747...

Just curious but have you reviewed or come across the extremely rare 45acp Luger from the 1907 US military trials?

I don't care what people say about the luger the luger is awesome

Thankyou nice aray

I have a battlefield pick up!

Would love to own one ... curious as to why there are any number of clones of classic pistols, e.g., the 1911 ACP .45, the Walther PPK [usually in .380], various lever and bolt action rifles, etc. Seeing as how these are such popular and sought-after items, why is no gun maker producing clones?

The Luger being looked at at 8:57 is Not a 1908. A 1908 Commercial is in 9/mm, has no stock lug, and no hold-open device. None are found to be marked GERMANY as none were imported into the US by Hans Tauscher, the sole importer of Luger pistols before WW1.

It’s an excellent firearm! Unfortunately I can’t find anywhere that sells them. Where would I go to find one?

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i watched the entire video and i still do not know why

No need to apologize. The more stampings, the better. That person was probably concerned about others viewers becoming influenced by what some may consider an unfavorable label, ultimately having an unjust impact on the import of collectable material. Perhaps the same policy is enforced on non-collecters such as myself today as in 2005, when I could AT6 almost any type of firearm, but because my MZ54 Czech border rifle was issued for use during the Cold War, ATF prohibited it. Regarding the P08 and all small arms of the Rheich and occupied territories, the SS ruins, at minimum adler S stampings of Rheich, enhance nostalgia and value for the collector Sir. No need to apologize. I have lived in EU long enough to become immersed in John M. Browning's lineage in Liege and Brussels. To traverse all of the historic and legendary copiers of German ingenuity (i.e. Brno Czechloslavakia, now Slavakia). Aforementioned is stamped on the receiver of a custom 1,000 yard match rifle with a pair of Mauser bolts headspaced to the same barreled receiver in 300 Winchester Magnum. Even an extra Douglas air guaged XX bull headspaced to the same receiver.