"officer's specials"

unspellable · 10-26-2004, 10:27 AM

When I bought my nickle plated Luger the dealer claimed nothing for it other than that it was a Luger and it was nickle plated. I bought it as a good inexpensive shooter. Not too long after a ran into another nickle plated Luger and the second dealer claimed it was an "officer's special". The pistol was a poor example of a Luger whether you considered the nickle plating or not. I did not think it would even make a good shooter. There was a dip in the barrel under the nickle as if some one had ground out a blemish with a heavy hand. Bore was poor, etc.

How many of you have had the experience of running across a piece of junk with obviously bogus claims riding on it? I am excluding the "quality" fakes that took real craftsmanship to create.

10-26-2004, 10:27 AM	#1
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 768 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts	"officer's specials" When I bought my nickle plated Luger the dealer claimed nothing for it other than that it was a Luger and it was nickle plated. I bought it as a good inexpensive shooter. Not too long after a ran into another nickle plated Luger and the second dealer claimed it was an "officer's special". The pistol was a poor example of a Luger whether you considered the nickle plating or not. I did not think it would even make a good shooter. There was a dip in the barrel under the nickle as if some one had ground out a blemish with a heavy hand. Bore was poor, etc. How many of you have had the experience of running across a piece of junk with obviously bogus claims riding on it? I am excluding the "quality" fakes that took real craftsmanship to create.