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Unread 01-16-2013, 12:04 PM   #11
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Hi Nick, 1908 Navy #1112b is a known gun, and has as I suggested, undergone a complete professional restoration. The first photo was taken before, the second as the gun is now.
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I am sorry, but I will have to disagree, sort of... if this is the "SAME" gun in these two photos, then the gun must have been completely restamped during the restoration process... How can you tell?

Look at the spacing between the two "M" marks on the unrestored gun, and then the same spacing on the restored gun... the spacing (and the orientation) of the M's does NOT appear to be the same in both photos.

In answer to Rich's question about who did the restoration? I can only tell you that I know that Thor (Ted Green) did not restore a Luger with a serial number of 1112b. Ted has kindly allowed me to access his restoration records... my access includes only pistol descriptions, and serial numbers and includes no personal information about the owners.
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