Possible Auction Fraud on Gunbroker?

[saxman]

Pete; You must realize that to many of us, 'restoring' a Luger, or any other old gun, is the same as restoring a car. With a car, if you find the right hood scoop for your '74 Trans Am, you're happy, even though it obviously came from a different car. It gives me a lot of enjoyment hunting down the 'right' part for my Luger, right down to the correct last two digits. I see your side, too, as this practice makes it difficult if not impossible to determine an authentic matching gun from a forced match. Unfortunately, human nature being as it is, and with the ready availabiity of original numbered parts, I think this is a losing battle. I admit that although I would never try to sell my gun as matching (even if it had all correct numbers, which it never will), I have no control over what may be said about it after I'm gone. Collectors like you and consumers like me just have to be careful and knowledgable.