"By "so what" I take it to mean you do not care if a gun appears 100% original but is missing the barrel halo on the SN? As long as it wasn't reblued recently?"
Geo:
I'd look at the whole gun. Does it show normal wear to the bluing that suggests an old job? That sort of wear suggests genuine character, the type that a Luger should show. They were using guns, not wall hangers and safe queens.
If the gun shows normal wear that is consistant with the date of mfg. and consistant throughout the gun, then I can live with it.
And I can live with a recent restoration, IF the price is right. But they don't usually pass my "crank test" like an original piece, so the price had better be right and it will be the first to go when the right money comes along.
dju
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