Am I missing something?

clevy · 04-04-2007, 09:55 AM

I don't understand this Luger. The description reads:

Mauser P-08 9mm caliber pistol. Mauser Banner dated 1936. Commercial gun that is expertly refinished with 95% blue. Listed by exact serial number in book World of Lugers Proofmarks on page 411. $1,495.00

It's from collector's firearms in Houston, Tx

http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/ad...hp?itemID=8989

Expertly refinished??
95% blue??

Maybe I'm just too used to looking at Simpson ltd and FGS...........

-Craig

Ron Smith · 04-04-2007, 10:37 AM

They forgot to mention the 20% rust pits.

John D. · 04-04-2007, 11:03 AM

Wow..!!! That is pretty pricey for a refinished & pitted Mauser Banner..?? Maybe I'm missing something as well???

John D.

Aaron · 04-04-2007, 11:05 AM

Shouldn't there be strawed parts?

Alx · 04-05-2007, 07:41 PM

It is simple .... the claim is that the refinish has 95% of its blue left. It did not say pitted, although it did not say it wasn't either. But it sure looks like 80% to me, from the photo, and without the straw it surely is not "expertly" refinished.

04-05-2007, 11:09 PM

I thought the Mauser hump on the rear started in 1937, but this gun has it. When did Mauser start the hump?

04-04-2007, 09:55 AM	#1
clevy User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Am I missing something? I don't understand this Luger. The description reads: Mauser P-08 9mm caliber pistol. Mauser Banner dated 1936. Commercial gun that is expertly refinished with 95% blue. Listed by exact serial number in book World of Lugers Proofmarks on page 411. $1,495.00 It's from collector's firearms in Houston, Tx http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/ad...hp?itemID=8989 Expertly refinished?? 95% blue?? Maybe I'm just too used to looking at Simpson ltd and FGS........... -Craig __________________ www.curioandrelicarms.com

04-04-2007, 10:37 AM	#2
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	They forgot to mention the 20% rust pits. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

04-04-2007, 11:03 AM	#3
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 471 Thanked 513 Times in 127 Posts	Wow..!!! That is pretty pricey for a refinished & pitted Mauser Banner..?? Maybe I'm missing something as well??? John D.

04-04-2007, 11:05 AM	#4
Aaron Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 1,008 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Shouldn't there be strawed parts?

04-05-2007, 07:41 PM	#5
Alx User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nashville, Tennessee area Posts: 263 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	It is simple .... the claim is that the refinish has 95% of its blue left. It did not say pitted, although it did not say it wasn't either. But it sure looks like 80% to me, from the photo, and without the straw it surely is not "expertly" refinished.

04-05-2007, 11:09 PM	#6
RGARRETT Guest Posts: n/a	I thought the Mauser hump on the rear started in 1937, but this gun has it. When did Mauser start the hump?