gunsndogs,
Please don't misinterpret my comments to Pete, Malcolm or TomA as down playing the integrety and knowlege of these gentlemen. Both Pete and TomA are valuable contributers to this forum. Malcolms posts were excellent common sense thoughts. All the comments made by these gentlemen should be taken as 'Luger Buying 101' and should be read by all newbies as to how to buy a Luger on the internet and even elsewhere.
My comments may have sounded a bit more negative than I wanted them to sound like. Its just that recently I have seen and handled a spat of unusually good Lugers in private collections. These Lugers don't see daylight very often and are very expensive because of their rarity and condition. So I have a momentary disposition to not rule out a Luger simply because it looks too minty. But minty guns are usually well known by collectors who wait in line for the seller to give even the slightest hint of selling. So a true minty Luger ususally doesn't last long enough to make it to an internet auction.
With that said, the comments made by the above mentioned gentlemen should be heeded as good lessons to be remembered. Minty Lugers on the internet should be viewed with some skeptism. The pictures of this particular navy were too glary and there wasn't enough of them to tell if the gun is a well done, but much cheaper, restored gun. The sellers description also left a lot to be desired.
The second navy Luger that you mentioned (I think that it was the 1906 navy) had much a better description and better pictures. The sellers write up was 95+% accurate. But this gun was previously mentioned and commented on in a different topic under Navy Lugers.
Big Norm
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