ah, im glad you pointed out those little things, see, im still very much learning. this especially shows how a less then perfect refinishing can really destroy the value of a good matching numbers luger. (i guess being a matching numbers luger really doesnt mean that much if its not one right, just like one of the other forum topics was discussing)
ya, i am in new hampshire, and though we are all very much gun nuts here, the lugers are much harder to come by. i am in several gunshops every month, and i have only actually seen one luger for sale. it was a 1917 DWM. it had all but one numbers matching (sideplate was wrong) the barrel and receiver were reblued (but edges were still sharp) and they wanted 1750 for it. i guess in my neighborhood, lugers are just fetching much more. (actually one of the old timer gun guys i talk to said it might have to do with alot of new england based soldiers fought more so on the japanese side of the war, so luger bringback especially are hard to get. actually, now that i think of it, it is much easier to get nambu pistols and arisaka rifles around here then its is any german weapons, (besides k98's. im constantly tripping over them) so he may be on to something there.
ps i was rounded down (it was in the $500's) putting it at 1500 to 2000 around here. (like it said, it was 6:15 in the morning) haha
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