Very Representative 1900
 

1900 AE is on the 'Buy it Now for $1475'

If a man had to have a 1900 AE, this may be the one to get cheap. Who knows? The 90% may be correct and the numbers may match.

[quote]1900 American Luger
made by DWM, serial # 7997, cal. 7.65 (.30 Luger), 4�¾" barrel, about 90% condition with some fading blue and straw colors, grip safety, checkered wooden grips, proper walnut base magazine, GERMANY stamp as required.
A very representative pistol in fine condition. <hr></blockquote>

web page

http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/7997.jpg

http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/7997-b.jpg

http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/7997-c.jpg

Hi Wes,

Very interesting & worth having a second look at....especially with the BUY IT NOW feature....

kidvett [img]cool.gif[/img]

I emailed the owner and he said that the pistol is matching.

Hhummm.

I have now emailed him asking if it is a Commercial with the Germany import mark or a Test.

Answer: Commercial, Germany stamped.

hhummm.

Asked for and received 3 day inspection period.

hhhhuummmmmm.

Well, I bought it.

Congratulations Wes! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Keep us updated when you get it!

kidvett <img src="graemlins/wave.gif" border="0" alt="[byebye]" />

[quote]Originally posted by wes:
<strong>Well, I bought it.</strong><hr></blockquote>

hhhhuummmmmm......

--Dwight

kidvett,

I am gambling that the reduced resolution pic that was posted on the auction site is the cause that this pistol was not snapped up. I went to Horst Held's website and looked, and, yep, same pic. I thought that I had seen it before.
I have reduced pics before and gotten the same result where there is a repetitious pattern such as a checked grip.
He assures me that this is an honest pistol with 90% original finish and all matching numbers.

Hello Wes,

1. When you have her home, let us know if there is the "flaming bomb" proof, anywhere...

2. I will e-mail you Bob Lewis' contact info. on Monday night when I am back at home.

Regards,

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

Congrats! Wes... Can't wait to see your HI-Res closeups of the gun...

This pistol was returned to the seller. A gentle hint by the seller stated that maybe someone who had returned the pistol within the inspection period had 'replaced' the parts in question. This was enough to keep me silent until the pistol was resold and my money re-deposited in my account.
In the pics originally posted on the auction and the seller's web site, the areas in question were 'off-camera'.
This pistol, in my opinion, is a $500 pistol at best, but someone was willing to pay $1049 after having been told the problems of this gun

1. It was approx. a 60% condition pistol (at best) not a 90%
2. The trigger plate was from a later model pistol that was forced to fit this pistol and heavily buffed and refinished. Number was not stamped along the bottom edge, but was stamped on the inside of plate.
3. The front sight was filed to a low profile and top edge was parallel with barrel and about 1/8 inch in height.
4. Magazine was stamped with the serial number
5. The barrel had a coating of 'bluing' in it so that the seller could determine if the pistol had been fired during the inspection period. From what I could determine, the barrel had been shot out.

Bummer, nothing worse than getting tossed around, even tho it sounds like the seller wasn't a bad bloke?

Edward,
I grew up in the backwoods among many old moonshiners and gun traders. (One is preparatory to the other.) The dynamics of trading is honed to a fine art by these men of wit (although uneducated) and passed from one generation to another. While this particular gun trader was not born on this soil, he possesses quite a few of the skills that I have seen practiced and have admired since boyhood.
I do not know if honesty has anything to do with a gun trade. It is the challenge of up-handing your opponent. I do not believe that they enjoy taking advantage of the uneducated or uninspired.

Wes, did you by chance get some good photographs of this piece while it was in your possession?

Had my FFL transfer dealer take pics and he emailed them to me. Later, Outlook express crashed on me and I could not retrieve the pics. If my dealer does not have a copy, I do not have them.
By the way, the pistol never left my FFL dealer's office to my possession. He is not a collector, but even his assessment of this piece was that it was in bad shape. I dropped by his office, examined the pistol, and told him to return it, which he did.