drbuster,
The reason that I am a bit finicky is that I almost bought what I thought was a 1904 navy. The forum saved me a LOT OF MONEY by clearly telling me what to look for on the fakes. A guy wanted to sell me one and when I showed him what the forum told me, he was heart broken. He had the gun for a long time and truely believed that it was authentic. I am still friends with him.
Simpson had one for sale at about the same time for, I think in the $30,000+ range, maybe even higher. But Simson specified that the rabbit ears were small (that is one of the things that you look for on an authentic 1904 navy). This along with my almost purchasing one started a neat discussion on these navies over this forum. I don't know if Simpson's navy was fake or real but I LOVE this forum for saving me a lot of money and heart ache on the one that I almost bought. But someone bought that gun off of Simpson. Its downright embarressing to pay serious money for a counterfeit. As for me, I decided to become more than just a handsome hunk of red blooded American manhood by studying Lugers more before I buy a rare and very expensive Luger.
Big Norm
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