Murray,

It is good you made the posting...you should have no regrets doing so.

Collectors will know they are back on the market.

Murry,
I'm glad you made the post. I learned a lot from it. All of us (new collectors) need this kind of info.
BTW, the US supplier of the guns was never named. I think his name should be posted as a sticky on all the forums. I would think that most of the people that have been robbed by this person don't have the time or wherewithall to go after him in court to get there money back.
Mike C.

Wow, You guys know your stuff, ;) Thanks for the info.
Alfred

I am bringing up this old post to point out another pair of consecutive serial numbered GNR LUGERS. They are being offered for sale by Cabelas. Here is a link to that offering:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/co...30_2214_kc.jsp

Mike

Five grand for a GNR??!!! Guess I will have to stop using mine to prop open the door.

Ron, just replace the GNR doorstop with your Krausewerk .45 as it is probably shot even less, eh? :D

I would submit that BOTH numbers on the triggers are redone, just one more poorly than the other. It appears that the "grinding" to reduce metal covers the area of both numbers and neither is the same font as the rest of the visible numbers.

Early Mauser guns mix fonts, this may or may not be a problem.

The GNR's are rare but appear on the market pretty often, I am with Ron in that this price is on the high side. I think most survived and even though rare by their initial numbers they may not be as rare as some of the other Lugers that had initially higher production numbers but are now hard to come by.

It's really about supply and demand.

Several of the GNR's appearing on the market have really strange looking fonts, they look messed with on close inspection, I don't have a good explanation for this, but it shows up often enough to be at least a small concern.

Please be careful on any purchase, buyer beware, I kid you not!

Vern

Funny, but Cabellas has 2 consec. GNR pieces for sale right now. Different numbers however. What are the odds?
DJU

oops, guess I should have read the second page before posting. My bad...

I wrote to Cabelas and asked this questions:

Greetings,
Would you please tell me if the serial number on each Luger is followed by a letter "v".

Their answer:
"NO"

NO "V"----OUCH!!!!!!!

Thanks Mike!!!!!!

I hope this is not true and the person you talked to didn't know what they were talking about.

I think the guns may still be OK, but obviously if the suffix is not there then they have been forced matched.

What caught my eye was the deep scratches on the toggle but not on the flats of the upper, this just doesn't happen very often in real life. It screams parts gun.

A full in hands inspection would be required before purchase with 3 day return policy.


Vern

Vern, It seems that the GNR Lugers were made with the letter V, if I am understanding you correctly. :rolleyes:
Alf

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Which means that these are NOT consecutive serial number GNR pistols.

Mike B,
You may have stumped the guy at Cabelas with the wording of your question... "serial number (followed by) a letter v". Most people unfamiliar with Lugers don't realize that the "little squiggly emblem" (under) the serial number is the suffix.

Mike,
I would agree that most or some of the suffix letters look like "little squiggly emblems", but the letter "v" looks like a "v". I will call the salesman today.

Mike

Just spoke to "BC" at the Gun Library in Kansas City, Kansas and had a very nice conversation. The Lugers came out of a collection in the Chicago area. He did substantiate that both Lugers do have a "v" suffix.

Mike