New here with questions

[Knight Diver]

Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

Dave, I agree with Norm, Looks like a legitimate old Sailor. The condition is a little rough. Odd too because the grip straps are what I look at first to determine condition and these are beautiful! The right grip screw looks buggered.
Is the magazine matching?
Have you asked if there is a stock? Probly not but you never know!
Also is the pistol completely matching? You would have to open it up to determine that and see if it has the large toggle pin flange.
If the fellow won't sell it's frustrating.

I did ask about a stock. Alas, no. As for matching, I only know what is in the photos. I haven't put my hands on it and it probably has never been apart by the guy who has it now. There are a few photos that show the serial numbers from the outside. Those parts match. The s/n on the magazine doesn't match.

I've made an offer to buy and I have to wait to see. I don't expect him to sell, but as long as he knows I'm interested, perhaps he will remember me if he does decide later to sell. This is the only gun he has, and, as you can see, he's not really knowledgeable on how to store it.

Can you tell from these photos if the caliber is 9mm? Any idea what a fair price might be?

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Knight Diver

I hope this is what you mean by posting directly to the forum. The photos are still hosted on Photobucket. All I can see is inserting a link to a photo.

Here's a Quick & Dirty thread on posting the pics directly to LugerForums. It is quite easy and fairly quick.

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=22994

If Ed Tinker were here, he would tell you that your pics are a valuable resource that LugerForums would want to preserve. Navy Lugers are among the rarer variations of Lugers, and good pics (like yours) are invaluable in identifying and describing the marks and identifying features of these pistols.

[sheepherder]

Very nice looking Navy Luger...

[sheepherder]

Knight Diver -

If you have any additional pics, please add them to the thread. And we would all like to hear the story...

The holster is interesting also. I don't think it is original, but it has very pleasing lines...

[Knight Diver]

Because of attachment size limitations, I have scaled the resolution down a bit to post these directly to the forum. Hope that is acceptable. I want to preserve these photos where it makes sense. Thanks for being patient with me.

[Knight Diver]

These are the last of the photos I have on this gun...for now.

[Knight Diver]

I work with a fellow whose mother's father was given this gun by his neighbor. The mother remembers only that the neighbor had a heavy accent. She thinks it may have been a German accent. But this was some time ago and she was a young girl. When I told my friend that the gun was a "Navy" version, he said his mother said that makes sense. Otto (the neighbor's name) was in the Navy. Sadly Otto has passed, so all we have are the memories, now faded, of my friend's mother of when the gun was given to her father.

My feeling is that Otto was in the German navy and it was his issued gun. I like the story of this gun.