imagine having your work screw up be talked about 80 years later...

Almost unbelievable that they’ve survived all these years in that condition. Thanks for showing!

Jaw-droppingly beautiful! Just shocking how much attention to detail, fit & finish went into making these. Thank you for sharing!

You’re close up shots of these Lugers really make you understand why the Germans transitioned to the p-38. The amount of machining and hand fitting parts to make a Luger is immense.

When I was a teen back in 1950's, me and a friend played with brand new Lugers with consecutive serial numbers. My friends father picked up five of these guns right off the assembly line at the end of WWII. The last time I spoke with my friend, he still has all five and three have never been fired.

I could not take my eyes off the screen, thank you for a most informative video, I had a Luger in the past and have always loved them. Thank you for showing them

I was always intrigued by these pistols when I was a kid. I loved the styling. And it was in a lot of the TV shows and movies back then.

Thanks for bringing these out, and letting them live for us after so many years, great to see.

the patience is so unbelievable, true firearms genius right there, so happy he has a museum piece for storage on his own, love it when he smiles, cant await next wednesday

These are true treasures. I've never seen these type of weapons in such pristine condition. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Speaking of survivors in amazing condition: In the 1970's my dad acquired a brand new, never fired, WW II government issue M1911A1. It was still in the box, wrapped in paper, in cosmoline. As people often did in those days dad had the GI .45 customized and turned it into a Gold Cup clone. Later he discovered that this particular 1911 was highly collectible, made by the Remington-Rand typewriter company. Very rare. He had taken a $2,000 collector piece and spent $300 turning it into a $700 gun.

Arguably one of the most beautiful firearms ever produced. Your collection is quite enviable.

Great video. I have a Swiss contract one in mint condition that looks exactly like yours. One of two all matching Lugers I bought from Ralph Shattuck 20 years ago

An excellent story about the Luger, but when you got to the G33/40, I had one and it was in excellent condition. It was taken as a war trophy by the brother of my neighbor. He had hundreds of items, daggers, flags, and that sort of stuff. They showed it to me and I was sold. I asked to see the collection several times a year. One time I saw the slightest rust/corrosion on the but of the rifle so they gave it to me for safekeeping. And that I did for the next 49 years. Finally the son of the brother asked his aunt to have me return them, which I sadly did. There was a Mauser .22 rifle that was so accurate even with iron sights and I shot it in competition, won lots of matches. But the 8mm rifle was the beauty. I was trained as a machinist and eventually opened my own aircraft/spacecraft shop. I say that to tell you that I recognize quality machining, and "my" rifle was finished even better than yours. There weren't any machining marks anywhere, it was as though every surface was ground. The receiver was perfect. All the wording was machine engraved, with no stampings at all except the front sight guard. I was a semi-permanent customer at my local gun shop, California Arms in West LA, and never saw anything to compare, only the usual long rifle. I got some original boxes of ammo and after 30 years took it to the range, it was great. A major difference between our rifles was that my stock was laminated wood, about 20 layers. That beauty would never warp. I am sorry I never made close-up pictures of them so I only have one shot of them. I do have that picture and would be pleased for you to see it. I have the picture but I don't know how to get it to you.

Another amazing video! More more more ! For me You are absolutely on the top of collectible guns channels.

New Luger pistols are always nice to see. Dr. Who was always a fun show especially with Elizabeth Sladen. I always liked the .30 Luger the best because it shoots very clean and very accurate. That number 71 Mauser Luger had a beautiful fit on the extractor and on the other parts also.

I am basically ignorant when it comes to foreign made guns. But, in my later years in life, I've become fascinated with them. I have learned so much from your videos. I really appreciate you sharing your love and knowledge of these firearms. This video even more than others, have left me awed. Keep up the good work.

Absolutely beautiful. Great review. A few years ago I found a 1918 DWM Luger in my wife's grandfather's attic. Unfortunately it wasn't very good condition but it was still very exciting. Also found was a Walther PP which was in better condition.

Nice seeing an expert give info on the "luger" I have one my Dad brought back and I learned more about it... Thanks

I really like this show,I can still remember seeing these in the gun shop in my home town just not in the best of condition, very informative,I subscribed to your channel because of the quality of this show

I have 3 Lugers. 2 in 9mm numbers matching and one is a 1960-ish MAUSER in .30 Luger. I have several holsters. Thanks for showing.

Luger is absolutely the most elegant handgun ever made. Thank you for showing those great mint pieces

Thanks for sharing! You SHOULD do an episode on the mountain carbine!

Amazing video - I can't stop drooling. Significant extra credit for the Young Frankenstein reference! It would be such an honor to own an authentic Luger. Thanks for giving us poor folks such a wonderful glimpse.

Tom I had the pleasure of owning that G33/40 for awhile and it is one carbine I regret ever selling. Watching your video I at first recognized the smoogie and when you showed the serial number my heart skipped a beat. I'm glad you now own it and yes it deserves a separate video on it.

My grandfather was a pilot in the South African Air Force in North Africa during WW2. All the aircrew were after either Lugers or Colt 1911 as the revolvers they were issued with were crap. My grandfather got hold of a Luger and when he returned to South Africa after the war he brought it back and registered it. Sometime in the early 90’s the police contacted him and said they had recovered his Luger and wanted to know why he had not reported it stolen. Turns out they had found another Luger with an identical number.

You do the best pod cast the detail and information you give out is great !Thank you

I've always wished my Grandfather's sidearm could be recovered and his pins badges etc. He was conscripted as a Czech citizen into the German Army. He became a artillery officer and after hitler made the mistake of invading Russia he wound up being captured with his unit on the steps toward Moscow. He did not get out till 49ish. He was lucky being officer and an office worker by trade he was made admin both in the logging camp outside Smolensk, and when Winter set in they were moved North to a coal mine where he still was lucky to be admin and liked by the guards since he spoke some Russian since my Grandmother was born in St Petersburgh..

Those Lugers are all pristine works of art, but as a fan of the G 33/40, what you have there is truly one of a kind! I have never seen one in factory fresh condition -- at least not an authentic one! Truly magnificent!!!

Absolutely stunning! Thank you for sharing these with us!

Great videos. Love this channel. Very insightful and packed w knowledge. Thank you

Thank you for a lovely, High Definition, survey of some strikingly beautiful firearms.

You really have some History items in your possession. I hope you'll continue to do videos like this because there are lot of people out there who really enjoy watching it. My compliments.

Would be especially interesting to know the history of these artifacts, how they survived unscathed the cataclysmic conditions during later stages of the war.

Amazing tom your channel is the best carry on the good job 👏🏻 lots of knowledge and enjoyment

Ive seen a Luftewaffe Kreighoff with the gold button accents in mint condition come through my local gun shop. Dude sold it to us with a singer 1911 and we put it up for sale for 5k. It wad nicer than any of the lugers you showed me today

Thank you very much sir. Most excellent firearms. Just amazing! That rifle is just truly incredible. These are some of the finest weapons I have ever seen. Your knowedge is critical to understanding just what these pieces represent. Again, thank you.

And that is exactly why the guy from world of lugers said that he didn't think that the luger that I brought him to inspect had ever hardly been shot other than its initial tests because the line it was barely visible it wasn't even a complete line and the back of the start. It was exquisite it looked much like most of these and I wished I would have never sold it

You always have the best videos? Historical and informative. Thank you. Beautiful weapons.

Beautiful Collection Tom !!!!! Thanks for showing .😎👍🤝

The last Luger I held was a cap gun when I was 8. Those are amazing, but that mountain carbine... Wow!

I think the leather holsters can also wear down the blueing and cause pitting of the surfaces over the decades. Great Videos

Great video really enjoyed the close up shots. Thanks for sharing!

I wish they would full on remake on neat old firearms without charging 3 or 4 times their worth

That rifle is incredible! I would definitely love to see a video dedicated to this rifle.

S/42 BRAND FACTORY NEW..I have one that was brought home by a 10th Mountain Division Trooper. I did have 2..They were taken from Hitlers ARMS ROOM at his "Eagles Nest" in Austria where 10th stayed for a while.. Also a Knights Cross he brought home - I have it as well...Have had this stuff over 40 years....It gives goose bumps to just look at the Pistol....

In 1913 my grandfather walked into his local gun shop in Newark NJ and purchased a Luger 30. It is still in mint condition and probably the sweetest action of any gun I have ever fired. Amazingly enough as a Merchant Marine that was fluent in German and touring London during the Lusitania sinking he spent 1 year in a British prison as a suspect. Found innocent he spent the rest of his life as salesman in NYC.

what a joy after a long day on the farm, to lay down, pick up the computer, put my worries aside and see a wonderful presentation. thank you thomas.......................................bob w

Tom your collection of Lugers truly are amazing in every way! Thru the years I have picked up a couple of very nice Lugers but yours are truly the best of the best! Thanks for posting!

You just did something real nice for us, the real war loot we did not know existed. Thanks!

Beautiful Guns and awesome video quality. You know your stuff! Just subscribed. Thanks and keep amazing videos like this coming!

In the 1960's as a kid we had toy lugers, made out of pot metal, which fired caps. God only knows where they were made but they were almost realistic. Today, kids aren't allowed toy guns unless they are in a videogame.

Great review. My Father was a Sgt. in a US Combat Engineer Battalion and went through D Day, Battle Of The Bulge, Luxembourg, Germany, & Austria. He told me that they had captured a German artillery crew and he took an Officers Artillery Luger with the 8 inch barrel from the Officer. Sadly some other GI must have liked it as they stole it from him.

That carbine is insane. The Waffen stamps look like they were done yesterday. I have brand new rifles that don't have numbers stamped in the metal that clean and crisp.

Absolutely incredible!!! Thanks for making this video.

Bought a German Luger about 10 years ago, it was made in 1940 and has a 1942 code. All numbers match except on the mag, has the Waffen Eagle code 655. The smoothest, lightest recoil and sweetest pointing pistol I have ever fired in my 75 years. I will never get rid of it.

Bought a 1917 Naval Luger with an 8" barrel at a pawn shop in Tampa. I didn't have the money he was asking so he let me have it for $375. which was all I had at the time. Loved that Pistol. It got stolen in a burglary.

that carbine was amazing. so was the swiss luger. beautiful firearms. but i don't collect museum pieces, i like to shoot. good that we have collectors like you that can show us this stuff though.

Simply unbelievable that these weapons are still factory fresh. Thank you for sharing.

Hello Legacy Collectibles. I absolutely loved this video! As a matter of fact I loved it so much I subscribed to your channel! I plan on buying one eventually. You know your stuff sir! The Pawn Stars should have you as one of their gun experts!

I can honestly say that when having one of those things pointed at me, I never wondered what it looked like when it left the factory ☠️

Eating breakfast and watching Legacy Collectibles, please keep them coming.

Thanks Thomas! Amazing guns and video!

All of those pieces are in amazing shape. Its interesting how the Luger's holster is designed to completely enclose the gun and not allow any part of it to rub on or touch anything else, but that it also seems like pulling ones pistol out of that case expediently would be very difficult with how high up the grip the "hand side" of the holster sits. I can only presume, noting that Germans are very practical people - that they had learned lessons in WW1 about mud and dirt getting in and on everything and made a holster that reflects that lesson. Amazing Stuff - Matt Mettler in Denver CO

Definitely want to see MORE!

Thank you for another great film. Again Luger (but WW1) is on my top 10 list. Hmmm... Luftwaffe Luger looks great. 😍 It is interesting: During WW1 the Luftwaffe has also Lugers from Krieghoff factory? 🤔 Karabine - It is proof that time machines exist... 😉

I have a WW2 1944 M39 Mosin Nagant with the original WW2 stock! Not a refurbished one :D it has the 3 rounded dovetail joints in the stock reflecting it was made during the war! It's such a beautiful rifle... the action smooth like butter. I also own a mint condition 24ct gold plated centennial 66 winchester 30-30 carbine. Never been fired before. It was won in a shooting competition in Hilo Hawaii by a couple. And get this.. the rifle came with the original box that it would have come in if you were to buy it from a store! It's price tag is still on it too! Priced at $89.00 in 1966!

Awesome items, very entertaining and interesting video. Thanks!

That Mauser K98 just took my breath away!

We in Germany call it the "Reichsadler" not the Nazi Eagle.Because nobody of us hat ever seen an eagle by voting for this or that party-its the REICHSADLER In English maybe the realmeagle or empireeagle but Naziadler is absolutely wrong ;-)

Great video, learned a lot, Thank You!

The grips are probably made of iroko hardwood which when first worked/planed shows up almost yellow orange then after a period of time turns to a Brazil nut brown. I am a woodmachinist, enjoyed the video.

Loved it! Beautiful guns. I come from a country (Australia) where having an interest in the history, engineering and mechanics of firearms makes you into a 'Homicidal Maniac' so videos like this are as close as I can get to these gems. Look forward to more of the same.

Enjoyed this very much but so glad my buddy wasn't here watching with me. He would have had a conniption fit when you said to run a couple of ( clips ) through the pistol. I think its his pet peeve to hear people call magazines clips.

These are amazing. Really enjoyed the video

When I was stationed in Germany in the USAF in the mid 60s, my roommate, who spoke German and had a car, would go to small towns and go door to door asking residents if they had a Luger they would like to sell. Before I left, he had bought at least 50 of them, all in like new condition, and most with the extra mag and holster. He sent them all home to his dad.

Thank you soo much! I am 18 and from Austria so a real p08 is unobtainable for me yet. So I bought a CO2 Replica and its spray-painted black and not blued :( This video gave me all the right information to blue mine. Thank you sir! Once the wood-grips and metal stamps arrive it will hopefully look just like one of your p08s. I absolutely love your videos

About 20 or so years ago, I went down to a local indoor shooting range that also sold guns. I saw in the case, a Luger. The Luger had a hard wooden holster that doubled as a stock to use as a rifle. Inside the wooden holster, was a 12 inch barrel that you would replace the stock barrel with. There were other parts inside the holster that I couldn't identify or remember because I really didn't know much about them. I was just fascinated by the parabolic guns of that time. The place wanted $300...which at that time, I did not have.. but in hind site, I probably couldn't have scrounged up if I wanted to...I should have!

Stunning ! Phenomenal display / collection - spectacular show & tell , great information , a perfect factory finish overall ;) Ill recommend this video and I hope to see more - Thank you for sharing --~ø

Looking to buy from this guy after years of wanting a Luger. Know one knows more about Lugers than he does. His shop is super helpful and I know I'll be getting what I pay for.

Wow. I couldn't imagine running across pieces like those, not even close to that condition especially.

I fell in love with the Luger in I think 1970 when Interarms started production again and vowed some day I would own one, It took a bit but in 1976 while in the army, stationed in RMAB W. Germany, I ordered thru the RMAB Rod & Gun Club a 9mm Luger, several weeks later I was informed that 2 pistols were available for immediate delivery from the Mauser factory, a 4 inch blued finish & a 6 inch "chrome", I selected the 6 inch "chrome" with reservations, "chrome" the first image that came to mind was a chrome car bumper chrome, to my undying happiness the finish was a satin finish or brushed nickel finish, beautiful, I've fired 3-4 hundred rounds thru it and had no more than 3 misfires/jams, I have had 1 of the matching finish MAGAZINES not CLIPS, break, the plastic bottom on the mag broke & I've gotten a replacement mag for the pistol. My Luger is not an Interarms import model with the gaudy American Eagle stamped on top of the receiver, it has the MAUSER banner, it is strictly a non American export model, the words safe and fire are not on the weapon, instead the German term for safe is visible then the safety lever is swung forward.

You are right worth the wait, the Lugers were wonderful but the G33/40 is so fine it's hard to describe...magnificent does not do it justice

Great content ! thank you Skip

Nice...lucky fellow... Keep the bayonet out of the scabbard...stops the temptation to pull the blade out...it will stay mint then.. Great video...cheers.

That is one sick rifle would love to see more on it

Im a huge Mauser pistols collector. It all started out with a 1910 Mauser. It is very accurate and fun to shoot. I do reload the 25 automatic and it's cheaper then 22lr. It costs me 4 cents a round. I cast my own bullets and powder coat them so it's about 1 cent for powder and 3 cents for the primer and the bullets are just a labor of love. The whole process of reloading the 25 ACP is a labor of love. I just like to shoot ammunition that I make myself. It's a sense of pride thing. I love your channel and wish I had the capital to move as many beautiful firearms as you do. Your a lucky man. Happy Safe Shooting 🇺🇸💪.

You have some beautiful artifacts and a tremendous amount of knowledge I need a teacher like yourself

"Brand new Nazi weapons" First weapon: *predates the Nazis by 30 years*

yep, we need a full length vid of that Mauser!

I own a 1917 DWM Luger captured by an Australian at the battle of bullecourt and still has its original holster and number matching mag all in beautiful condition and very accurate and very tight in the action

Beautiful! Thanks for showing

I get to lay my heads on one of those ..mine is a 1916 and I love it

Thank you for posting these treasures - absolutely fascinating! Incidentally, I'm a Brit and I saw the first series of Dr. Who in 1963, aged 10. I thought it was rubbish. The following year I won my first school book prize (for French). I still have the book, which I was allowed to choose - "A History of Firearms to 1918". Age 11, I preferred guns to Dr. Who - and still do!! 🤣

Very much appreciate seeing these beautiful guns. Love the Dr Who reference but the Tardis is a Police box not a phone booth🤣

‘Tisdalls Sports in New Zealand sold Brno Vz33 carbines in new condition in the 1960’s. But they just grabbed rifles and bolts at random so the numbers did not match. I had one minus bayonet and sling. It was brand new. Those Lugers are beautiful.

WOW! Neat. Those must a cost like a billion dollars. That’s pretty cool stuff man. Thanks for sharing them with us.

It's hard to believe but in the early '70s, you could afford to buy a P08 Luger and take it to the range like any other handgun. Like many others I've owned (like cars), I sold mine.

I just found your channel and started watching your videos. They're well done and clearly show your knowledge and expertise. But what I'm wondering about now is... are you Wayne Rogers' younger brother???

Did he mentioned when you put off the slide of the Luger (e.g. for cleaning), and it is still a round in it, you/it could fire without the remaining parts, because the pin was still 'loaded'. I never tried it, but it was a warning there in Germany.