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Originally Posted by Lugerdoc
Gibson, Ron Ws info is right on, with possibly one exception not know to him. I know of an expert restorer in Calif. who has reconverted many of these from the 9mm back to the 7.65mm long receiver configuration, by rewelding the receiver and near perfect refinishing. The only way to tell if your's is all original, is to magnafux the receiver. But in this case, a perfect restoration is almost as good as an original. As has been said here many times before, buy the gun not the story. TH
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The pistol hasn't been purchased. I am not buying a story, just trying to find out what I can about the story. My great-uncle was an MP. He was part of the force that liberated Dachau. We have other items too- a German dress sword, what appears to be a cavalry sword, a number of watches taken from prisoners, wallets with photos and ids, cash, stamps, passports, the Luger, German officer patches, SS patches and most chilling, a cat-o-nine tails with Nazi insignia. When I was a kid, there was even a binder full of photos from the concentration camp. I have not seen that in years. This pistol was fired in the late 1940's according to what grandpa told me. We still have 7.65, but I won't fire it. This pistol was given to my grandfather from my great uncle. He brought it back from Europe. It has never changed hands with anyone else. It seems to me we had capture papers for it, but I can't recall.
As a family, we have tried to figure this out for years. It started with my Grandmother. When she became sick, she started researching the pistol. From her notes, we realized it was something truely special.