Bogus Navy Luger K Date
 

Gunbroker # 625024429
Beware, it is not a Navy K Date Luger.
Bob

Here it is http://www.gunbroker.com/item/625024429

Bob,
Why is this not a Navy K date?
Are there is a any legitimate Navy K dates?

I looked at this Luger on GB. Very little wear to the side plate, rails, or the muzzle band. It still looks good. I would also like t o know why it is labeled a "fake"?

The highest recorded Navy K Date is in the 2400, no suffix, range.Take a look at this one.
All recorded Navy K date lugers are 0 37 proofed.What is the proof on this one?
There are other things also wrong with this K date.
Yes,there are legitimate Navy Lugers, but not many.
Bob Young
Specializing in collecting K Date Lugers for 20 years.
Spartacus38@charter.net

I am certainly not an expert on K-dates, but let me ask if anyone else thinks that the "K" looks like other K-date Lugers or is a departure from the normal stamping.

Something just doesn't look right to me about it... it appears to be off-center of the top of the chamber, and crudely stamped compared to those K stamps I have seen previously...

Could this receiver have been carefully ground off and the K added? or am I imagining things...

Inquiring minds want to know.

I find that every single one of the stampings show evidence of some buffing and blueing AFTER the stamps were applied. Note especially the sideplate.