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I have had quite a bit of experience with an older fellow, who incidentially is a good friend, who uses cold blue by the gallon. He used to sell many guns to Bob Simpson in Galesburg, IL and he tells me Bob would sniff out even a drop of cold blue and refuse to have any weapon in his shop that had so much as an atom of it applied. He learned not to show up with anything cold blued if he wanted to sell it to Bob.

I cannot imagine any dealer with a weeks worth of experience under his belt not being able to spot a blemish covered with cold blue the size of a 2 bit piece. And Garfield said it eloquently when he says the pistol is worth $1495.00 "but not to the seller". What a load of brass plated crap! I know some people worship certain dealers but remember those dealers didn't get rich in this business giving refunds to new collectors. Personally, I think they are crapping in their own Easter bonnet.

The Forum has and will continue to change the way many of us do business. I still believe that the best way to find Lugers is to ignore dishonest dealers and ferret out Vet Lugers. There are many left out there. Just my .02 cents worth. Jerry Burney