[davidkachel]

Addendum:

At the risk of seeming unfair to the other people on this forum who have Lugers for sale, here is the result of my recent experience...

I bought a 6" S/42, mixed numbers, Thor restored Luger from Hugh which arrived today. (Without the 3 red dots Thor puts in a discrete spot, I suspect most people would be hard pressed to tell his restorations from original finishes.)
I purchased it for $1060 (incl shipping, a specialized front sight and a new, blued 9mm barrel), which I believe is a very good price.
It is different from and better than what I originally said I wanted (describe what you want, but it is wise to let these guys steer you in the right direction; I'm happy I did).
It looks as good or better than Hugh described it.
It functions flawlessly.
I bought it without grips. Hugh sent a pair of grips anyway.
I expected to get it toward the end of the month. He shipped it to me much sooner than I expected, and sent it 2nd day air, which I also did not expect.

I got more than I paid for, got exactly what was described and got it sooner than told.
The only problem is that I have a tough time seeing the front sight (inside joke only Hugh will get).

This Luger is the only thing I've bought here, so I can't relate purchase experiences with any of the other members of this forum, but I strongly suspect they would be similar.

There's simply an atmosphere of integrity here that is hard to find elsewhere. I like it a lot and even though I now have the one Luger I came here to get (not a Luger collector), I plan to stay and will feel comfortable buying from or selling to most any of these guys (except maybe that guy with the dancing trooper picture... there's just something about him??? <grin> ).