Gunbroker LP08

Pete Ebbink · 07-20-2007, 12:28 AM

Hi Dave,

There are boosting methods I have probably not even thought of...but...

1. I think TIG welding, resurfacing, restamping, and rebluing (or rebluing and then restamping if you want to create halos) would certainly account for some of the odd "72" number stamps on this gun.

2. This gun's trigger side plate may be from a commercial WWI era Luger (with its originsl 2-digit SN's along the bottom edge. Those bottom edge numbers can easily be removed with the contour of the bottom edge still looking okay. Then you have a blank front surface on the old commercial side plate on which to stamp 2-digits in the military style.

3. The extractor could be a modern-day Sarco-type part with new "72" added. I think the repro parts you get from such an outfit are not numbered.

4. Frequently you will see un-numbered Luger parts coming up on eBay. Probably original amourer replacement parts. It is curious to watch the eBay names of some of the "regular" folks that bid on those un-numbered parts...

. Some buyers using cute eBay names to hide their ID's but some collectors know who they are and know they sell "minty & all matching" Lugers...out of the other end of their businesses...

I watched one of these "snakes" over a year or so on eBay buy many sets of old-world number metal-stamp sets...time and time again...many have the right size of the numbers and the old-world fonts one expects to see from DWM SN stampings on Lugers

The guy who did the "72" number stampings on this Luger under discussion obviously did not care to get the "look" of the added "72" even remotely looking correct and proper.

Not saying the seller was the booster...but the seller does probably know what is wrong and just wants to pass the gun on...

Such a "passing of a bad gun" even happens amongst a few collectors I know...

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07-20-2007, 12:28 AM	#1
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hi Dave, There are boosting methods I have probably not even thought of...but... 1. I think TIG welding, resurfacing, restamping, and rebluing (or rebluing and then restamping if you want to create halos) would certainly account for some of the odd "72" number stamps on this gun. 2. This gun's trigger side plate may be from a commercial WWI era Luger (with its originsl 2-digit SN's along the bottom edge. Those bottom edge numbers can easily be removed with the contour of the bottom edge still looking okay. Then you have a blank front surface on the old commercial side plate on which to stamp 2-digits in the military style. 3. The extractor could be a modern-day Sarco-type part with new "72" added. I think the repro parts you get from such an outfit are not numbered. 4. Frequently you will see un-numbered Luger parts coming up on eBay. Probably original amourer replacement parts. It is curious to watch the eBay names of some of the "regular" folks that bid on those un-numbered parts... . Some buyers using cute eBay names to hide their ID's but some collectors know who they are and know they sell "minty & all matching" Lugers...out of the other end of their businesses... I watched one of these "snakes" over a year or so on eBay buy many sets of old-world number metal-stamp sets...time and time again...many have the right size of the numbers and the old-world fonts one expects to see from DWM SN stampings on Lugers The guy who did the "72" number stampings on this Luger under discussion obviously did not care to get the "look" of the added "72" even remotely looking correct and proper. Not saying the seller was the booster...but the seller does probably know what is wrong and just wants to pass the gun on... Such a "passing of a bad gun" even happens amongst a few collectors I know...