Ron,
I am having problems with posting a reply, maybe this time it will work. I want to let you know that I have been following your post with a great deal of interest, as I share your enthusiasm for the unit marked guns.
I am particularly interested because you are in Oregon and I am just across the Columbia in Washougal Washington. I do a lot of looking in Oregon as well as the rest of the NW and am suprised you have found that many Weimar Army guns. I have only seen one Weirmar Army marked Luger in the last two to three years and that one was on the internet. I should have bought it but it had been restored and the guy wouldn't own up to it and price it accordingly, so I let it go to someone else. At any rate I am envious of your Weirmar's, great job finding those gems.
Where are you located in Oregon? If you get up to the Portland area we should get together and talk Lugers. Dwight Gruber lives up here someplace in Portland, I see him at most of the Portland shows. We have exchanged information on guns and talked about his research on early commercials. This last show we went around and look at what was in the show but Lugers in general were scarce, no unit marked guns that I recall.
I have bought a few guns in less than ideal condition (read fair to poor) just because they were unit marked. I agree it brings the history of the guns and there travels alive.
Good luck with your collecting and let me know if you are going to be in Portland.
Bob M.
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