[ithacaartist]

I think a misunderstanding is afoot, John. It is a byf--code for Mauser--made in 1942, and certainly qualifies as a WWII weapon. Its post-war life happened East of the iron curtain, with the folks' police. There were plenty of pre-WWI Lugers that survived not only the Great War, but the Wiemar period, and WWII, and are now called VoPo as well. Not a reference to era of manufacture, rather, to a particular fate. The VoPo pistols were liquidated by their former Soviet allies, and many wound up in the U.S. Their resume' affords them their own niche in the realm of collecting, albeit limited due to the sometimes harsh treatment when re-worked post-war.

Bill is just saying it is too expensive for one in this condition, in this category. Greg points out buffing and re-bluing, which unless expertly and carefully done, punches holes in what might have been its value!