78, still when all is said and done, it is a police gun, and depending on who in the Luger collecting industry you listings too, there are from 100 to 300 police Simsons known. Now I do not know how these numbers at arrived at. My guess it is just a guess on the part of full time dealers, who perhaps inventory more guns then the average collector. I can tell you that the only refinished Weimar period gun I own is a Simson ( been collecting Weimar police for years). Complete matching except proper Simson mag. Now I really do not care for refinished guns, I am talking about current work, not pre 1945 police guns. However this gun was offered right, and good clean original Simson's police demands very good money. If your gun is worthy of it, I'm gritting my teeth here, you may want too consider its value should it be restored...man that was hard to say....I had mine apprised by Ralph Shattuck a few weeks ago at 2K, and remember it's restored...there I said it again. There could be some possibility here of a collection grade gun.
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