Navy on GB,.com
 

Under-priced, poorly photographed, and poorly described.

For your review.
https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/801197399

dju

"Cause it ain't a real Navy"
Care to elaborate?
dju

A 1908 Navy doesn't have a grip safety...only the 1904 and 1906 have a grip safety. The navy dumped the grip safety when the army adopted the Luger without a grip safety in 1908. And the 1908, like the 1906, still doesn't have a chamber date (nor frame or sight dates). Dated chambers came in with the 1914 Navy.
The subject gun is a 1908 Navy, but because of the lousy photos there is no way of knowing if it is authentic.
Ron

All the photos of all the items are consistent. This seller knows exactly what he is doing.


--Dwight

The seller's photos, wretched though they may be, do show a long frame gun. If I were interested in a possible purchase I'd ask the seller to post the view shown below, the 1908 Navy is the only gun with both a long frame and a large flange rear toggle axle.
Norm

What is this in reference to?

It was in reference to a gun listed on gunbroker.com:

https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/801197399

dju

What I was trying to find out was who and where does it say_ "Cause it ain't a real Navy" -

I saw the --https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/801197399 -- in the first post!

It's listed again. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/798793593

Dwight is right, all his other items have the same fuzzy shots at uninformative angles as this one---even his $11,000 1902 Carbine.

Heh. It could have two Crown/Ms...or it could just have two smudges.

I don't recognize the seller, but several other Lugers are listed.

DJU, I don't know much about Navy Lugers, but I am sure this 1904 Navy that I spotted recently is much nicer than the one for sale. :D

Can confirm that both of these 04 Navies were certainly real and quite nice looking.

Thanks Norme. I didn’t know that the 1908 Navy was the only Navy with the larger axial flange.

Norm said "with BOTH a long frame and larger flange"; the 1914 models dated 1916 and 1917 have the larger flange, but are short frame pistols.

Oooops. I left out the other important detail.
Thanks Don.

I thought it was time to bring this post up to date. As Norm said "have another drink and take the plunge"

Congratulations Hugh,
It looks like you hit the jackpot too! Maybe there is something to be said for b.u.i. (bidding under the influence).
Best regards, Norm

Well the seller had excellent feed back and offered five day inspection/return, I could not completely ignore the voices I was hearing......