Help on Buying 1st Luger (cont.)

[james127]

Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

James..Buying a Luger at an auction puts you at somewhat of a disadvantage. Unless you can closely inspect the pistol beforehand. That means taking it apart. To arrive at any determination of accurate value,you have to make sure all the parts match and you want to look at the bore condition. If you are not able to do this..you are buying the proverbial "pig in a poke" You could pay top dollar and find out the numbers are a mismatch or even that parts are missing! It's a risk.

#1 is a common gun in bad condition. Unless it goes at auction for $600-700 max..

#2 IF it checks out alright..could be a sleeper. The holster is worth $250-350, the Navy mag worth $3-350 depending..IF the pistol is what I think it might be..Could be a bargain at $2K for pistol, mag and holster. You just won't know till you inspect it.

There's also an artillery barrel there that has 1918 marked on it. INTERESTING!

.....and since you said "interesting" in all caps, I figured that I should include a few pics of the artillery barrel as well (although the quality isn't that great). Thoughts on this?