[DonVoigt]

Well, a BOS is always good; in fact it is important- if the gun is stolen it will likely keep you out of jail(by demonstrating YOU did not do the stealing).

However, it will not protect you from having to surrender a stolen gun to the authorities; it is the holder of the piece that loses the money! Maybe you can get your cost back from the seller.

I'm in the mist of learning all about this "stolen" problem, as a luger I bought recently(and on these boards) turned out to be a hit on NCIC.

When all is resolved and the story is complete, I'll be doing a post with the whole story so everyone can learn from my experience. Please no questions until I do the thread.

I'll either lose a little or a "lot"- and no response from the seller as yet; so thus far I'm on my own.

I can say it surely makes one a little paranoid about buying anything that costs more than a few bucks!