Help! Got a line on an AE

[Weasel505]

Hi all,

Some pics of my 1900 AE. Apologies for the lousy quality, still trying to learn the new-fangled digital camera.

New let's see if I can post more than one at a time.....

W

Worked again! The first four are the 1900 AE. The bad close-up on the interior parts is meant to show some of the ersatz flaming bomb proofs. The pic with the two guns are the 1900 and a byf42. Interesting contrast, one of the first and one of the last.

The pic of the three guns represents the entirety of my Luger lot. The one on the botton is a DWM 1916. What you can't see is the smooth bore barrel and mixed numbers. You can kind of make out the horrible reblue job.

Kind of a sad story about this gun. My father bought it for me in 1964 for $25. My first gun. Now I was as cool as Napolean Solo. The finish was bad, so my father suggested we get it reblued (hey, we didn't know any better). Well, I swear that the gunsmith who did the reblue job must have hated all things German, because it looks like (now, in hindsight) he tried to deliberately buff off any and all markings on the gun! The DWM crest is about half gone, and the 1916 date is visible only if you hold it up to the light just right. Others are either wholly gone or are just shallow dimples.

Oh well. I keep it since it was my first (and, after all, it's still a Luger, ugly or not). Anyway, just thought I'd share that.

Weasel