Looks like this one is SN 5249i with an asking price of $ 12,000 USD :
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/co...swissluger.jsp
Why a 2-line inscription on a 7,65 mm gun...???...
Is the left "arm" of the Swiss cross a bit too long...???...
In the Charles Kenyon article about the A&F Lugers for "The Gun Report" magazine of April 1995 on page 47 (actually a 2-part article), Kenyon surmises for the A&F Lugers a "...serial range; approximately 2650i - 3200i, although not sequential reflects a lot purchase from factory inventory stores...".
Author Vittorio Bobba in his large book on Swiss Lugers on page 122 surmises a SN range for these guns from 2000-3500i.
Only 100 of these A&F guns are thought to exist; 49 in 9 mm (with a 2-line barrel inscription) and 51 in 7,65 mm (with a 1-line barrel inscription).
So why do we see this AZ gun with a SN of 5259i...???...
Also in the recent Greg Martin auction in SF, they had offered two other A&F Lugers with SN's of 5366i and 5553i...
http://68.167.203.107:8050/FMPro?-db...12589638&-Find
http://68.167.203.107:8050/FMPro?-db...12589526&-Find
On the other hand, the folks at FGS have this SN 28xxi for sale...which fits, well, within the Kenyon SN range :
http://www.fgsinc.8m.com/images/lug10209.jpg
I suppose one could start with a gun like this SN 2433i (1920's Swiss commercial gun) add the "new" barrel and its A&F enscription and end up with an even "better" forgery of an A&F Luger...???...taking a $ 2000 gun up to a $ 10-12K gun...at least such a modified gun would "fit" into the right SN range Kenyon mentions.
http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...oducts_id=1888