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Sergio Natali · 08-23-2015, 11:45 AM

Sean

First off welcome aboard, you'll probably find this Forum a bit different from many other gun forums on the Net.
Now coming to the gun you've got in your shop, I don't think there is that much to add apart from saying that your customer has got a nice example of Luger.
Are all the numbers matching?
As far as grips and mags are concerned I think they were replaced who knows when, as originally that gun probably left MAUSER with wooden grips and since they stopped producing wooden based mags if I'm not wrong around 1925 it probably had aluminium based mags.
The so called "bring back papers"somehow add to the value of the pistol, although a dyed-in-the-wool collector would surely prefer to have an all matching gun without papers.

Rgds

Sergio

08-23-2015, 11:45 AM	#10
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Sean First off welcome aboard, you'll probably find this Forum a bit different from many other gun forums on the Net. Now coming to the gun you've got in your shop, I don't think there is that much to add apart from saying that your customer has got a nice example of Luger. Are all the numbers matching? As far as grips and mags are concerned I think they were replaced who knows when, as originally that gun probably left MAUSER with wooden grips and since they stopped producing wooden based mags if I'm not wrong around 1925 it probably had aluminium based mags. The so called "bring back papers"somehow add to the value of the pistol, although a dyed-in-the-wool collector would surely prefer to have an all matching gun without papers. Rgds Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.