"Shooter's grade" vs. "matching numbers"

lugerholsterrepair · 03-03-2007, 05:45 PM

A matching sideplate is one of the more important parts. I agree with David, I think...I just sold a 1917 , all matching DWM that would have been a 12-1400 dollar pistol except some IDIOT engraved his 3 initials in the plate above the left grip. A beautifull collector piece kicked in the nuts. Looked like a very recent engraving too...Got only 900 for it. That one would make a good shooter. I just couldn't stand to see the engraving, like someone drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa....Jerry Burney

03-03-2007, 05:45 PM	#7
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	A matching sideplate is one of the more important parts. I agree with David, I think...I just sold a 1917 , all matching DWM that would have been a 12-1400 dollar pistol except some IDIOT engraved his 3 initials in the plate above the left grip. A beautifull collector piece kicked in the nuts. Looked like a very recent engraving too...Got only 900 for it. That one would make a good shooter. I just couldn't stand to see the engraving, like someone drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa....Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

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