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Unread 07-12-2011, 12:41 PM   #3
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For starters, I have issues with people who call a gun 100% in the title and then 90% in the text. 100% guns are the rarest of the rare. Any clear thinking seller would never claim 100% for a gun unless it was absolutely, proveably, new in box. If you only shot one round out of a gun from the box it is now a 98-99% gun in my book.
Going downhill with the wind behind it, the condition of this gun can only be described as 70-75%. There is ample finish loss on the barrel, both grip straps and there is chemical staining on the frame, which removed bluing. There is freckling on all surfaces, including the strawed parts. The sideplate has a rust pit, which somebody tried to minimize with steel wool, scratching this area permanently. There are tool nicks near the takedown lever/lock where somebody tried to force this down, (or up) at some point. A matching mag is claimed but no photo evidence that it is indeed a correct, matching number mag is offered. The wood magazine bottom shown has several slivers of wood shaved off of it.
All in all, a very rose colored description of a nice but certainly not minty Luger rig.
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He did not include full on photos of both grip straps, which I suspect he knows would reveal that the finish is nowhere near what he claims. I would request these for starters if your interest is high.

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