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Unread 03-27-2018, 04:30 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by sheepherder View Post
It looks very well done.

In my humble world, a well done mark such as that would not make it automatically a shooter; just as regimental unit stampings (quite often crudely done) do not automatically make a Luger 'more valuable'.
He also replaced the original trigger and firing pin. So they are not numbered to the gun. But they were fitted for target shooting. He also competes with Lugers, less frequently now because he's getting older, this was one of his competition pistols.

And I'm proud to have it.

It still has the original finish. It's a 1938 s/42. The VoPo grips are there just not to damage the originals.

PS. In another forum one of us asked "what almost matching" meant. Well, this is it.
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