Hi,
A good example of what is showing up in the collecting field -- total crap! You have faked Lugers, faked holsters, faked magazines, and faked tools. And we wonder why our "hobby" is dwendling in popularity and numbers? Everything seems to be about money and getting a sale and to hell with return customers as the trend is to stick them and if they don't know the difference, tough luck. This faked crap is selling so somebody is buying it and it isn't the advanced collectors, so good luck new collectors and when you get about 10 years of experience under your belts and see all the junk that you acquired as original stuff I'm sure you will think you are in a real nightmare! And while I am bitching about stuff it is amazing to me that so many middle of the road collectors are falling for "it's possible" junk and playing "what if" to make incorrect stuff correct in their eyes, whether it be grips or magazines or part numbers. This contributes to the fakes and reproduction stuff as it just about makes anything possible which isn't so. What the hell, buy the fakes and in about 15 years hardly anyone will be around that knows the difference anyway.
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