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LugerVern · 07-24-2008, 11:45 AM

Bill

I think most would agree with you.

I made a comment on Still's forum about the large percentage of failed lugers and what happened to the usable parts-- they didn't just throw them away, they were used on other guns.

Some of the so called miss matched shooters may actually be original factory guns.

We now have high resolution cameras that can take macros with details clear enough to study if posted here on the forum and it is my bet that at least some could be reclassified as original if we set our minds to it.

Luger collecting needs to go to the next level, we need to keep ahead of the fakers or luger collecting will be in deep trouble, at the same time we can open doors to collecting that have not been opened before. With the supply fixed and no un discovered batches of lugers in the foreseeable future prices will continue to rise, it makes looking at each luger more closely worth while.

A camera with a good macro can be had for under $600 a mismatched shooter for about $1000 discovering it is actually original stampings might increase its value to$2000, not as much as a perfectly stamped gun but certainly more than a shooter.

I am very tired of the pretty fakes, I do not intend to let up on exposing them, I would much rather prove a mismatched honest gun to be original than to allow this pretty junk into our hobby.

Just my two cents worth

Vern

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07-24-2008, 11:45 AM	#7
LugerVern User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 563 Thanks: 1 Thanked 34 Times in 27 Posts	Bill I think most would agree with you. I made a comment on Still's forum about the large percentage of failed lugers and what happened to the usable parts-- they didn't just throw them away, they were used on other guns. Some of the so called miss matched shooters may actually be original factory guns. We now have high resolution cameras that can take macros with details clear enough to study if posted here on the forum and it is my bet that at least some could be reclassified as original if we set our minds to it. Luger collecting needs to go to the next level, we need to keep ahead of the fakers or luger collecting will be in deep trouble, at the same time we can open doors to collecting that have not been opened before. With the supply fixed and no un discovered batches of lugers in the foreseeable future prices will continue to rise, it makes looking at each luger more closely worth while. A camera with a good macro can be had for under $600 a mismatched shooter for about $1000 discovering it is actually original stampings might increase its value to$2000, not as much as a perfectly stamped gun but certainly more than a shooter. I am very tired of the pretty fakes, I do not intend to let up on exposing them, I would much rather prove a mismatched honest gun to be original than to allow this pretty junk into our hobby. Just my two cents worth Vern