Ballpark - 1st step: Do I have the Luger in my hand or am I just looking at photos?
This step speaks to the situational limitations imposed on my examination.
One end of this consideration is complete and unfettered access without any time limit. This is the case where I have physical possession of the Luger and the time/right to completely disassemble it, and can take photos and measurements of any/all the parts and markings.
The other end of this consideration is access to an incomplete set of poor photos for a short time.
The less access I have to a Luger and the shorter the time I have that access, the less confident I’m going to be in any opinion I may develop about the Luger.
In terms of the subject Luger (“Rare 1939 Mauser Banner”) I have no physical access; only access to an incomplete set of photos. That’s going to have a big, negative, impact on my ability to assess what this Luger is. It will also hamper my ability to form an opinion concerning what the Luger isn’t.
All this should be understood as caveats on my ability to do an assessment of this Luger, and on the quality of that assessment.
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