I dont have a wartime Browning HP 640b - shall i go for this one?

Gebirg · 05-08-2013, 04:10 PM

Is this something for me?
WaA140, all serial parts ok - holster belongs to gun and with German marking...

The price is 800 us dollar...

thank you!

mrerick · 05-08-2013, 06:56 PM

If it were here in the USA, I would buy it at that price...

Marc

Olle · 05-08-2013, 07:31 PM

Prices may be different in Europe, but I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

NoncomRetired · 05-08-2013, 07:48 PM

A Wa140 marked magazine goes for $200.00 at gun shows here. I sold a Wa106, original mag, tangent site and 1941 holster for $1000.00 not so long ago. Loved how it fit into my hand.

lew1 · 05-08-2013, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by NoncomRetired

A Wa140 marked magazine goes for $200.00 at gun shows here. I sold a Wa106, original mag, tangent site and 1941 holster for $1000.00 not so long ago. Loved how it fit into my hand.

WaA 106 or WaA 103 ?

NoncomRetired · 05-08-2013, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by lew1

WaA 106 or WaA 103 ?

103....had to get my sale paper out, WaA 103 ser#78984

Gebirg · 05-09-2013, 01:44 AM

Thanks, but the 103 is more rare than 140?

lew1 · 05-09-2013, 06:35 AM

Yes, the WaA 103 marked Hi Powers are rarer than the WaA149 marked ones.

Roughly speaking, there were 10,000 WaA 613, 30,000 WaA 103 and the rest were marked WaA 140..

Douglas Jr. · 05-09-2013, 08:58 AM

Even for a Wa140 this is what appears to be a nice rig. I would get it without hesitation.

Curly1 · 05-09-2013, 10:01 AM

Yea nice one, go for it.

NoncomRetired · 05-09-2013, 10:27 AM

A WaA 140 with tangent sites is something that is not seen everyday....good buy...IMO.

rhuff · 05-09-2013, 04:21 PM

If I had a shot at it for $800, it would already be in my safe!!

05-08-2013, 04:10 PM	#1
Gebirg User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Telemark Posts: 94 Thanks: 68 Thanked 158 Times in 34 Posts	I dont have a wartime Browning HP 640b - shall i go for this one? Is this something for me? WaA140, all serial parts ok - holster belongs to gun and with German marking... The price is 800 us dollar... thank you! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Mr. AKB - Norway "SILENT LEGES INTER ARMA" Denn unter den Waffen schweigen die Gesetze (M.T.Cicero)

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,919 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	If it were here in the USA, I would buy it at that price... Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

05-09-2013, 06:35 AM	#8
lew1 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,108 Thanks: 82 Thanked 204 Times in 112 Posts	Yes, the WaA 103 marked Hi Powers are rarer than the WaA149 marked ones. Roughly speaking, there were 10,000 WaA 613, 30,000 WaA 103 and the rest were marked WaA 140.. __________________ charlie

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Curly1 User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,244 Thanks: 125 Thanked 715 Times in 372 Posts	Yea nice one, go for it. __________________ Laugh hard and often. Gary

05-08-2013, 07:31 PM	#3
Olle User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,149 Thanks: 159 Thanked 664 Times in 318 Posts	Prices may be different in Europe, but I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

05-08-2013, 07:48 PM	#4
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	A Wa140 marked magazine goes for $200.00 at gun shows here. I sold a Wa106, original mag, tangent site and 1941 holster for $1000.00 not so long ago. Loved how it fit into my hand.

05-09-2013, 01:44 AM	#7
Gebirg User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Telemark Posts: 94 Thanks: 68 Thanked 158 Times in 34 Posts	Thanks, but the 103 is more rare than 140? __________________ Mr. AKB - Norway "SILENT LEGES INTER ARMA" Denn unter den Waffen schweigen die Gesetze (M.T.Cicero)

05-09-2013, 08:58 AM	#9
Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	Even for a Wa140 this is what appears to be a nice rig. I would get it without hesitation.

05-09-2013, 10:27 AM	#11
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	A WaA 140 with tangent sites is something that is not seen everyday....good buy...IMO.

05-09-2013, 04:21 PM	#12
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,305 Thanks: 2,736 Thanked 991 Times in 727 Posts	If I had a shot at it for $800, it would already be in my safe!!