It's horrible what has happened to our friends up north. Our Government would love to follow these lead. We must stop them . Please vote and send your money to the organization and individual politicians that support and fight for our Second Amendment Rights. Tom you guys are Kicking Ass and taking Names! Great stuff.
its part of our constitution so one idiot cant just say oops no more guns now lolz. Plus they wouldnt want all the smoke that would go along with trying something like that there are something like 40million guns in circulation its really not feasible
As a Canadian, I am upset to see those beauties are no longer in Canada , but I am also happy that at least you rescued those treasures and keep them well.
What bothers me to no end is that so many of these antique pistols have a story that ties directly to Canadian Forces history and to the people who served. I couldn't imagine having to relinquish a Luger that, say, my great grandfather captured in WWI. It's an affront to the service of the guy who captured it. These would likely never be fired again and there should have been a historical exception to their destruction. Absurd.
When the handgun freeze was announced, people jumped on buying out handguns in Canada, and I am still waiting for a transfer for one I got in August! The backlog is huge as stores were selling out of all handguns!
In Argentina my father in laws landlord asked me for a favor,for a friend of his. He wanted me to pick up a set of sights for his 45. I took what he wanted the next time I went down there. It's a small town out on the pampa. When I dropped them off, he invited us in for a coffee. He had hundreds of Lugers of all shapes and sizes. I probably drooled all over his floor as we walked from room to room where the walls were covered in lugers. I always make sure I call before we go down there, just in case he needs something else!
@@honestreviewer3283 maybe, I have another story. I knew a US sailor that was on a port of call liberty in Buenos Aries. Late at night on his way back to the ship He was stopped by a policeman. After struggling through the language barrier. He figured out the policeman wanted to trade a luger for his navy issue black low quater shoes. I asked him how it turned out? He said, "What do you think! I walked back to the ship barefoot!" I saw the luger 40 years ago. I believe his son still has it. I know, I've wandered through the flea markets in Buenos Aries and seen lots of German/nazi items. You wouldn't have to be a nazi to buy up German ordinance.
Sir I love your videos. The history lessons and correct information is always a pleasure to listen to. It’s great to see you trying to preserve these rare pieces of history and get them into collector hands. That’s what this hobby is all about.
I’m also sad these had to leave Canada . I inherited one from my grandfather. I had to get a prohibited license to keep it . Thank you for persevering history
When Wilber Underhill was killed in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in the first ever FBI raid on a wanted fugitive (they had 27 men), he used an artillery luger with a 30 round drum, in his defense, as well as a 1911. He was shot 9 times with 45s and once with a load of 12 gauge buck shot and lived.
5:42 Hey that crown on the Persian Luger is not a British acceptance mark, that’s just the Persian Crown. Look at the Persian Mauser’s and you’ll see the same crown.
I will gladly give you a micky button or a 🍩 or a gold star for saving one. Let alone 100. I also have watched videos where you have saved walthers and others. Lets save all we can!
Congratulation on this very impressive collection of 08 pistols and I have never seen anything like it before.I have an Ari 08 from 1917 myself wich I got from my father 45 years ago.He was a german freedom fighter in the spanish cevil war and during the last years of the world war 2 he worked for the french resistance in the south of France.From this dates my fantastic pistol and the condition is perfect like yours. Best wishes from Willy, Hamburg in Germany
The bit about soldiers marking their war trophies is really cool. I have a first issue 1908 pattern imperial Luger that has a US service number inscribed on the inside of the left grip. Almost certainly from a lucky GI that snagged it and took it back home.
Never miss a post Tom. Love the history lesson of each and every pistol and like the occasional injection of humour. You are as popular as Ian mccollem from forgotten weapons
I have a Luger artillery model Luger with holster my great uncle killed the man that was armed with it during WW1. They are fantastic shooters I love the one I have. 😊
This 08 with holster and drum magazine could be from Sturmtruppen (Stoßtrupp), as in 1917 more of these formations were established. I know only about the thin non holster stock fixed aside of the leather holster, but could be as of shortage they used the bigger holster stock as well. These formations were lead by a single Officer with only 5-7 men attacking enemy trenches and wiping them out, the Officer had usually a long barrel 08 with drum magazine, one soldier carrying a few more magazines for him, other carrying a haversack full with stick grenades.
I had an original Erfurt 1914 artillery luger with matching stock and original pigskin holster that I sold about 20 years ago to a fella out in California for 4k. I had it listed as the holster/stock/straps only on Ebay, with the gun in the background... Only mismatched part was the magazine. Boy did the dealers at the OAKS and Leesport PA gun show beat me up over that when I had it there to sell. As always, Ebay came through on selling rare stuff without having to give them a cut, and I made 2500 bucks. Should have kept it in hindsight!
Tom, thanks for saving this piece of history! It's an honorable endeavor! Thanks for the great video, & let's get more of those Canadian guns rescued! BTW...is that 1917 with the custom stock & snail drum going into your safe? 😎
Do you ever come across the Luger Krifhoff that contract for The Kingdom of Siam? I went home in 1979 and I try to get it back to the US. Thailand did contracted the Mauser in 1938 to supply the Royal Thai Police with 8" shoulder and Hoster Stock with Gurda stamped on the chamber. It also has 4" barrel with Gruda gold outline. I also saw Krifhoff in 4: barrel but it was chamber in .30 Luger.
Saving history while Canadian government is doing everything to destroy it. Canadians also fought in WW2. Those same hero's that we all owe to our way of life too. How tyranny comes from within !
I had a chance to buy a mint ww2 luger at a gun show from a gentleman who served in the merchant marine. He said it belonged to his friend who had passed away recently and had captured it from Juno Beach. Money was given to the gentleman, and we were just exchanging information to start the transfer when a very cocky arrogant guy came up and asked me if I had a prohibited license. After some back and forth arrguing with this guy, it turned out that the Luger barrel is 1.5mm to long to meet Canadian barrel length standards, and as a result, I could not legally own this gun. I had to watch this older guy who had prohibited license step in and buy the luger. I was so pissed off at my government. Apparently, in 1998, the government changed the laws, which sadly included the luger, making it prohibited.
A year ago I emailed you details on an uber rare luger and your 'appraisal' came back as it being a common commercial worth under 2k. And when I pointed out the glaring error of not noticing the missing maker's mark, your appraisal was adjusted to 10x the first one. I hope you treated the Canadian sellers with more dignity!
Ive always wanted to own weapons in Canada but have realized that my government has no idea what they're doing in regards to fire arms which is upsetting, I miss the days we werent so worried about civilians instead of focusing on the criminals at the heart of the issue.
Really very interesting sir. I have to say, getting a bit vertigo from the way you WAVE YR HANDS AROUND, but thanks anyway. From a Mauser P08 owner made in 1938, living in France now.
Did some work on an old girl's chimney a few years ago. When I was removing the chimney blocks in the basement found an old box and sure as shit there was 2 lugers in it one in a holster one without. She ended up turning them into the rcmp but turned out her deceased husband's father brought em back after ww1 and passed them down to the husband who didn't want anything to do with them but was afraid to turn them in. Odds are they got destroyed. Pity as where they were in the chimney they had been kept at almost perfect humidity and temp and were in great condition
Your Persian Luger is serial T3526 (on the frame) with the last two digits (26) appearing on other parts of it. Shame, the only way to obtain a fire arm in Netherlands is to set your arm on fire.
Can you help me out with some information please? I know of a Waffenfabrik Zella Mehlis (Thur) Walther Model 4 7.65. I dont have serial #, if memory serves me the first two numbers are 28. Any idea when it was manufactured and to whom was it issued to (Officers? Enlisted?) Thank you in advance
I wonder if some Imperial German officer had that 1917 artilery with matching holster stock and matching drum mag custom assembled and numbered by a gunsmith?
Wonderful rescue work, thank you. When it’s raining artillerys one of The Weather Girls is wearing a 1st Cavalry shoulder insignia patch. Any chance you can get that patch?
when i was 17 I was contracting for the British army 4th regiment Fusileers and in the ammunition store and i was shown a Nickel plated artillery Luger pistol i think it had a box holster long time ago 1970 also a Martini Henry used in Rourke's drift Zulu war (as in the movie Zulu. ((Also met Field marshal Montgomery in the 1st Tank Regiment.) in the officers mess dining room a silver tomahawk awarded to a regiment who fort against the colonials in the war of independence against the British ( i think the regiment Sherwood Foresters)
How does the recent Canadian ban on the sale or transfer of handguns affect this? Does it mean it is no longer possible? I have a nice 1939 Luger and a Sauer 38H that my Spitfire pilot father grabbed from a Luftwaffe base in Germany in 1945. Under the new law up here I can no longer leave them to my son so when I die they go in the smelter.
It's horrible what has happened to our friends up north. Our Government would love to follow these lead.
We must stop them . Please vote and send your money to the organization and individual politicians that support and fight for our Second Amendment Rights.
Tom you guys are Kicking Ass and taking Names!
Great stuff.
they did it to themselves!! they laid down and let it happen!! they should use them and fight back!!
its part of our constitution so one idiot cant just say oops no more guns now lolz. Plus they wouldnt want all the smoke that would go along with trying something like that there are something like 40million guns in circulation its really not feasible
It was very sad watching it happen, I thought for sure that they'd put up more of a fight than they did.
Thank you Tom for saving these beautiful artforms from destruction.
Thank you for saving these jewels from destruction.
It's wonderful that your saving those beautiful pieces of history. The Luger is one of the most iconic pistols in history and each have a tale.
As a Canadian, I am upset to see those beauties are no longer in Canada , but I am also happy that at least you rescued those treasures and keep them well.
What bothers me to no end is that so many of these antique pistols have a story that ties directly to Canadian Forces history and to the people who served. I couldn't imagine having to relinquish a Luger that, say, my great grandfather captured in WWI. It's an affront to the service of the guy who captured it. These would likely never be fired again and there should have been a historical exception to their destruction. Absurd.
When the handgun freeze was announced, people jumped on buying out handguns in Canada, and I am still waiting for a transfer for one I got in August! The backlog is huge as stores were selling out of all handguns!
I find the wait has been 5-6 months for me.. brutally long, it's like I'm waiting for a kid to be born 🙄
@@rooster6271 I sold a pistol in October and can't ship it and its near March
In Argentina my father in laws landlord asked me for a favor,for a friend of his. He wanted me to pick up a set of sights for his 45. I took what he wanted the next time I went down there. It's a small town out on the pampa. When I dropped them off, he invited us in for a coffee. He had hundreds of Lugers of all shapes and sizes. I probably drooled all over his floor as we walked from room to room where the walls were covered in lugers. I always make sure I call before we go down there, just in case he needs something else!
merci de mentionner de quel pays vous habité.
His friend was a Nazi, or had a connection to a Nazi.
@@honestreviewer3283 maybe, I have another story. I knew a US sailor that was on a port of call liberty in Buenos Aries. Late at night on his way back to the ship
He was stopped by a policeman. After struggling through the language barrier. He figured out the policeman wanted to trade a luger for his navy issue black low quater shoes. I asked him how it turned out? He said, "What do you think! I walked back to the ship barefoot!" I saw the luger 40 years ago. I believe his son still has it. I know, I've wandered through the flea markets in Buenos Aries and seen lots of German/nazi items. You wouldn't have to be a nazi to buy up German ordinance.
Those are some beautiful looking Lugers, glad you were able to save the ones from Canada and that Truglo guy!
hands down the most gorgeous production pistol ever made. Artillery luger.
Sir I love your videos. The history lessons and correct information is always a pleasure to listen to. It’s great to see you trying to preserve these rare pieces of history and get them into collector hands. That’s what this hobby is all about.
The crown is a Persian crown that belongs to the Pahlavi dynasty, which was the dynasty of the Shah of Iran.
I’m also sad these had to leave Canada . I inherited one from my grandfather. I had to get a prohibited license to keep it . Thank you for persevering history
When Wilber Underhill was killed in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in the first ever FBI raid on a wanted fugitive (they had 27 men), he used an artillery luger with a 30 round drum, in his defense, as well as a 1911. He was shot 9 times with 45s and once with a load of 12 gauge buck shot and lived.
Even if it is 100 or so that`s 100 pieces of history that were saved. Thank You
Turdeau has been good for you. Too bad his own people gets the shaft.
Agree %%%%😢😢😢😢
5:42 Hey that crown on the Persian Luger is not a British acceptance mark, that’s just the Persian Crown. Look at the Persian Mauser’s and you’ll see the same crown.
Thank you for getting the guns!!! Thank you Tom and Randy
Canadian guns don't need rescuing. Handgun bans will get tossed and plenty of licensed entities here who can still take them in and appreciate them.
I will gladly give you a micky button or a 🍩 or a gold star for saving one. Let alone 100. I also have watched videos where you have saved walthers and others. Lets save all we can!
Wow! Nice to see these. Big hello to our friends in 'Canadia'.
Congratulation on this very impressive collection of 08 pistols and I have never seen anything like it before.I have an Ari 08 from 1917 myself wich I got from my father 45 years ago.He was a german freedom fighter in the spanish cevil war and during the last years of the world war 2 he worked for the french resistance in the south of France.From this dates my fantastic pistol and the condition is perfect like yours. Best wishes from Willy, Hamburg in Germany
The bit about soldiers marking their war trophies is really cool. I have a first issue 1908 pattern imperial Luger that has a US service number inscribed on the inside of the left grip. Almost certainly from a lucky GI that snagged it and took it back home.
Never miss a post Tom.
Love the history lesson of each and every pistol and like the occasional injection of humour.
You are as popular as Ian mccollem from forgotten weapons
Thanks so much
😂😅🤣 Stop sucking up, he’s nowhere CLOSE. Compare their subscriber numbers
I have a Luger artillery model Luger with holster my great uncle killed the man that was armed with it during WW1. They are fantastic shooters I love the one I have. 😊
My dad took one home after the war, sadly, he sold it before I was born.
You really should do an episode on shooter guns. Show poor, average, and also what a nice shooter might look like. I think it would do well honestly.
Yes, you should be proud of the excellent you are doing.
As someone who benefited from a Canadian rescue Luger I'm pretty excited to see more
For over a hundred years old those are near perfection.
Those artilley issue lugers are a massive save,
Jesus said if a man does not have a sword, let him sell his cloak,and get one ,
Thank you for saving these valuable pieces of history from the idiots in our government.
Thank you for saving history. Thanks for sharing your history. Love your content
This 08 with holster and drum magazine could be from Sturmtruppen (Stoßtrupp), as in 1917 more of these formations were established. I know only about the thin non holster stock fixed aside of the leather holster, but could be as of shortage they used the bigger holster stock as well. These formations were lead by a single Officer with only 5-7 men attacking enemy trenches and wiping them out, the Officer had usually a long barrel 08 with drum magazine, one soldier carrying a few more magazines for him, other carrying a haversack full with stick grenades.
I agree with the preservation of history. Everyone should have and understand history so that evil isn't repeated.
thank you for taking this out of this frozen hell hole.
I had an original Erfurt 1914 artillery luger with matching stock and original pigskin holster that I sold about 20 years ago to a fella out in California for 4k. I had it listed as the holster/stock/straps only on Ebay, with the gun in the background... Only mismatched part was the magazine. Boy did the dealers at the OAKS and Leesport PA gun show beat me up over that when I had it there to sell. As always, Ebay came through on selling rare stuff without having to give them a cut, and I made 2500 bucks. Should have kept it in hindsight!
This just blows me away. I am so fascinated with these guns and their history. Of course, it's Luger Porn...
Excellent content...love your passion for history
Tom, I look forward to your videos. I have learned so much from you. Thank you.
Thank you on the comment on Simpson.
Tom, thanks for saving this piece of history! It's an honorable endeavor! Thanks for the great video, & let's get more of those Canadian guns rescued!
BTW...is that 1917 with the custom stock & snail drum going into your safe? 😎
ide keep that one soo cool
Do you ever come across the Luger Krifhoff that contract for The Kingdom of Siam? I went home in 1979 and I try to get it back to the US. Thailand did contracted the Mauser in 1938 to supply the Royal Thai Police with 8" shoulder and Hoster Stock with Gurda stamped on the chamber. It also has 4" barrel with Gruda gold outline. I also saw Krifhoff in 4: barrel but it was chamber in .30 Luger.
Saving history while Canadian government is doing everything to destroy it. Canadians also fought in WW2. Those same hero's that we all owe to our way of life too. How tyranny comes from within !
I had a chance to buy a mint ww2 luger at a gun show from a gentleman who served in the merchant marine. He said it belonged to his friend who had passed away recently and had captured it from Juno Beach. Money was given to the gentleman, and we were just exchanging information to start the transfer when a very cocky arrogant guy came up and asked me if I had a prohibited license. After some back and forth arrguing with this guy, it turned out that the Luger barrel is 1.5mm to long to meet Canadian barrel length standards, and as a result, I could not legally own this gun. I had to watch this older guy who had prohibited license step in and buy the luger. I was so pissed off at my government. Apparently, in 1998, the government changed the laws, which sadly included the luger, making it prohibited.
In the US, he'd be classed as a douchebag.
Question, how does the beautiful luger with the snail mag (4259) fit under the recent ATF ruling on pistol braces? will it need to be sold as an SBR?
original stocked pistols were exempted from sbr regulations think its pre 1934
Super interesting sir, thank you, also for rescuing them. Crazy that a gouvernement would want to destroy them.
I've got a WWI 1918 artillery luger with all matching pieces, wood stock, and I shot it two months ago. works fine. was told it's in mint condition.
that persian luger is awesome
A year ago I emailed you details on an uber rare luger and your 'appraisal' came back as it being a common commercial worth under 2k. And when I pointed out the glaring error of not noticing the missing maker's mark, your appraisal was adjusted to 10x the first one. I hope you treated the Canadian sellers with more dignity!
as a french canadian with licence for hand gun thanks for your work, im afraid we will see rifle and handgun dessaper from canada.
Ive always wanted to own weapons in Canada but have realized that my government has no idea what they're doing in regards to fire arms which is upsetting, I miss the days we werent so worried about civilians instead of focusing on the criminals at the heart of the issue.
I will totally send you a Mickey Mouse button for doing this. haha
...good post, good folk!...be well, you all!...
Really very interesting sir. I have to say, getting a bit vertigo from the way you WAVE YR HANDS AROUND, but thanks anyway. From a Mauser P08 owner made in 1938, living in France now.
You are doing God's work😇
I am guessing that some Canadian soldier didn't have a dictionary, spell check, or Google handy after that capture.
This begs the question, when is the last time a Luger, broom handle Mauser or even a P-38 has been used in a crime?
A shooting Buddy has a
1914 ERFURT manufactured ARTILLERY LUGER.
Could that piece be also considered as rare?
Thank you 🙏
I wish I could get a box of oven mitts like that here in the UK. Awesome.
Did some work on an old girl's chimney a few years ago. When I was removing the chimney blocks in the basement found an old box and sure as shit there was 2 lugers in it one in a holster one without. She ended up turning them into the rcmp but turned out her deceased husband's father brought em back after ww1 and passed them down to the husband who didn't want anything to do with them but was afraid to turn them in. Odds are they got destroyed. Pity as where they were in the chimney they had been kept at almost perfect humidity and temp and were in great condition
Your Persian Luger is serial T3526 (on the frame) with the last two digits (26) appearing on other parts of it. Shame, the only way to obtain a fire arm in Netherlands is to set your arm on fire.
I'd love to save some of these great guns!!
Can you help me out with some information please? I know of a Waffenfabrik Zella Mehlis (Thur) Walther Model 4 7.65. I dont have serial #, if memory serves me the first two numbers are 28. Any idea when it was manufactured and to whom was it issued to (Officers? Enlisted?) Thank you in advance
The Model 4 was made in the 1915 - 1925 date range. No way to know who it went to.
@@thomaswhiteman4261 Thank you for your immediate reply. The story I heard was my uncle brought it back from WW2, thats all I know. Thanks again
You should have 5 Million subs.... love your deals.....
Mickey Mouse buttons are collectables!!! Lol. Thank you for the information.
Sweet
A chaque fois des armes mythiques 😮 incroyable, Monsieur bravo !
En France elles sont détruites 😭
I wonder if some Imperial German officer had that 1917 artilery with matching holster stock and matching drum mag custom assembled and numbered by a gunsmith?
Wish i can buy one . I love those guns
Wow - amazing catch. When will these be available? Kunadha needs to toss Turdo into the Ottawa.
Save the Beautiful Orphaned Guns.
Very interesting 👌 Thank you for sharing !!
Wonderful rescue work, thank you. When it’s raining artillerys one of The Weather Girls is wearing a 1st Cavalry shoulder insignia patch. Any chance you can get that patch?
They got a shit ton of SVT-40 that need saving! Please I've always wanted one!
My dream pistols have always been a Luger and a broom handle.
when i was 17 I was contracting for the British army 4th regiment Fusileers and in the ammunition store and i was shown a Nickel plated artillery Luger pistol i think it had a box holster long time ago 1970 also a Martini Henry used in Rourke's drift Zulu war (as in the movie Zulu. ((Also met Field marshal Montgomery in the 1st Tank Regiment.) in the officers mess dining room a silver tomahawk awarded to a regiment who fort against the colonials in the war of independence against the British ( i think the regiment Sherwood Foresters)
Well done sir. No Luger should ever be held in dirty Canadian hands.
Hey that's my grandpa's WW2 service pistol
Save those to send up to Canada later 🇨🇦
Luger gun 'mother of modern pistols 'how solid made is this gun
great stuff tom
Nice ...rescue those Lugers from Canadia 😂
r and 9 is actually number 26 in Farsi which is the language of Persians.
Bought 30+ Garands from Canadian reenactors because of the 5 round mag limit.
Sorry i am late but thanks Tom......
Shoe🇺🇸
Do these have to be import marked?
I'm in love!
How does the recent Canadian ban on the sale or transfer of handguns affect this? Does it mean it is no longer possible? I have a nice 1939 Luger and a Sauer 38H that my Spitfire pilot father grabbed from a Luftwaffe base in Germany in 1945. Under the new law up here I can no longer leave them to my son so when I die they go in the smelter.
Maybe one day we can get rid of that little potato head bastard. Then maybe these assinine laws can be reversed.
@@poochie49 That is our only hope.
Shame if something happened to them just before you passed, and no one knows what happened to them.
Sad
Schön erklärt, interessante Details.
Save the guns!!!
Amazing !
A mickey mouse button? You won't what you didn't lose, Freedom!
I just inherited a 1936 Luger and it has the g suffix which I can’t find any info on. Any help on where I can find that info?
How did they add a hold open latch by drilling a hole in the side?
Super what tyou achiving.
Canadian here, I don't understand how your rescuing lugars? We can still own them and they still transfer them
How to contact you about purchasing one of those lugers
What length is the barrel on an artillery?
8 inches
Thanks always wonderd.
@@thomaswhiteman4261 By the way how long is a Navy version barrel please?
Santa returned to your house.
As a Canadian I am so happy these murderous hand guns are being exported from this great country. Preferably these would just be destroyed.