Fritzer,
I went to this shop this Monday. He has two artilleries, a 1916 mismatch and a 1917 rig. The 1916 is going for $1695 and has a mismatched toggle and locking bolt. The 1917 could be a matching gun but the guy at the counter would not allow me to field strip the gun so I can not vouch that it is matching. The holster is a 1917 Hoffman manufacturer but the embosed manufactures mark under the flap is barely legible. The holster is pretty well beat. The stock cup is an old brown mix and match. There are no shoulder straps. The stock is original and not matched to the gun. The serial number is 5414L. The shop will not separate the holster and/or stock from the Luger. Price is $2395.
There was a pretty nice 41-BYF with a matching mag that I was interested in for the $1250 price. But since I was not allowed to field strip the gun, I lost interest.
There were also two commercial Lugers and one of them looked pretty nice. But since I was rejected at disassembling the 41-BYF, I didn't spend any time with the commercials which a quick look told me were a bit over priced.
On the way home, I dropped by Jerry Peters house and he told me that these Lugers have been for sale for a couple of months. So I assume that since the management would not allow the guns to be field stripped, Luger people just walked away.
I felt that the 1916 artillery was over priced for a shooter. The 1917 artillery could be interesting at a lower price. The 1917 had original dull blue but there was a small amount of pitting. The grips had a big chip on the left hand side near the safety. The original stock was the best thing on this deal.
The 41-BYF had little wear on the blue. Just a tad more than the normal holster wear around the side plate, the frame just in front of the side plate and the barrel tip. The grips looked good. The bore was good. For $1250, I would have liked to have taken a closer look.
I am glad that I went because I had never been to this shop before and always wanted to see it. But I probably won't go back.
Big Norm
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