Gentlemen,
I have just checked in after a long but enjoyable weekend and after reading everyone's comments I have some fat to throw in the fire and solicit opinions from you all...
None of you has mentioned the one item that I feel casts doubt on the originality of the finish.
Please check the photo enlargement I have posted of the magazine well opening and then comment on the existence of what appears to be a harsh file mark (most dramatic directly under the 63 on the magazine) and most dominant on the bottom of the stock lug... This appears to be under the current finish and to me it is completely out of place on a pistol produced in 1939 that exhibits such fine machining detail everywhere else...
Without a fine high-intesity light examination, and working strictly from the photographs I would have doubts that this pistol is sporting it's original finish...
That said, I think it is a fine looking Luger pistol and worth considerably more than the $500 mark in my opinion...
Just my
