Hi fg42,
Absolutely.... About 25 years ago, the year after I graduated college - I got a phone call from a local dealer, as he knew I was collecting Lugers. He just bought from the widow of one of his customers the Luger he brought back from WW2 - and in his words "never seen anything like it".. When I went in to look at it - it was mint, as if it had never been fired. It also had cosomoline in the barrel (or some stuff I never removed). In fact, it looked unfired and it was a 42 byf. After looking at it, Ned (the dealer) looked at me and said I might be interested in seeing the paperwork - which included the bring-back papers and a letter from the VET addressed to his son, as to how he came by that Luger. Apparently, his unit walked into a field armoury, or van/wagon (I don't recall) - and his unit found a case of Lugers packed up, and they all took one. Apparently, the VETs son had no interest in firearms - so the widow/mother sold this one as part of his small collection of about 5 firearms...
Anyway - I paid the princely sum of $600 for that piece - and sold it about 10 years later, along with all the paperwork, for the handsome price of $950. To this day - I don't know where this one has disappeared to, but I'd sure like to find it. I'm also convinced that this Luger was the real thing - and may have been unfired, but I'll never know....
Gee - thanks for the memories - I think..!!!! [img]confused.gif[/img]
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