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alanint · 08-06-2014, 10:48 AM

If there is no handgun registry in Maine, leave the nice ATF man alone, unless he is a close friend and you are somehow curious. You can only make your life more complicated. Simply log it into your bound book and back out when it is sold.

Here in Fla. any gun that appears out of nowhere, (i.e. a vet's closet) needs NOTHING done as far as a paper trail, registry, what have you. It can be bought and sold among individuals with NO documentation being turned into the Feds. The only time a papertrail would be created is if it is sold through or transfered with an FFL.

guns3545 · 08-06-2014, 11:37 AM

Jason,

Well you have a nice 1938 production Model P.08, made for the German Armed forces by Mauser in their Oberndorf Factory.. It appears appears to be standard issue and all external numbers appear to match. You say the internal numbers match and that is good. The magazine is later 1940/41 production and not original to the gun. That's too bad.

The magazine that would have been issued with the gun had a folded metal, blued body with an aluminum bottom, serial numbered to the gun and with the same Stick Eagle 63 acceptance proof as shown on the right side of the receiver.

It appears to be in nice condition and should demand a fairly good price.

Unfortunately, you do not mention veteran bring back papers which could increase the value but as is, you have a $2000 gun, plus or minus. And of course whatever you can get for the other two non-period correct magazines.

I don't know who told her that it could be worth thousands of dollars unless there was concrete evidence that someone famous carried it or alternatively that it was captured in a battle and the GI received the Medal of Honor, and all this documentation went with the gun. But, I do not see anything indicated that this would be the case. So the gun has to stand on its own merits.

Now, FYI, I am a collector, not a dealer, and so comment from that perspective. Any price that I quote would be a price that I might pay. By contrast, at the high end of the scale, a really nice 1938 P.08 with holster, two matching magazines and takedown tool, i.e. a complete rig may go for $3500 to $4000.

Hope this helps.

John

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08-06-2014, 10:48 AM	#1
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	If there is no handgun registry in Maine, leave the nice ATF man alone, unless he is a close friend and you are somehow curious. You can only make your life more complicated. Simply log it into your bound book and back out when it is sold. Here in Fla. any gun that appears out of nowhere, (i.e. a vet's closet) needs NOTHING done as far as a paper trail, registry, what have you. It can be bought and sold among individuals with NO documentation being turned into the Feds. The only time a papertrail would be created is if it is sold through or transfered with an FFL.

08-06-2014, 11:37 AM	#2
guns3545 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 438 Thanks: 661 Thanked 493 Times in 219 Posts	Jason, Well you have a nice 1938 production Model P.08, made for the German Armed forces by Mauser in their Oberndorf Factory.. It appears appears to be standard issue and all external numbers appear to match. You say the internal numbers match and that is good. The magazine is later 1940/41 production and not original to the gun. That's too bad. The magazine that would have been issued with the gun had a folded metal, blued body with an aluminum bottom, serial numbered to the gun and with the same Stick Eagle 63 acceptance proof as shown on the right side of the receiver. It appears to be in nice condition and should demand a fairly good price. Unfortunately, you do not mention veteran bring back papers which could increase the value but as is, you have a $2000 gun, plus or minus. And of course whatever you can get for the other two non-period correct magazines. I don't know who told her that it could be worth thousands of dollars unless there was concrete evidence that someone famous carried it or alternatively that it was captured in a battle and the GI received the Medal of Honor, and all this documentation went with the gun. But, I do not see anything indicated that this would be the case. So the gun has to stand on its own merits. Now, FYI, I am a collector, not a dealer, and so comment from that perspective. Any price that I quote would be a price that I might pay. By contrast, at the high end of the scale, a really nice 1938 P.08 with holster, two matching magazines and takedown tool, i.e. a complete rig may go for $3500 to $4000. Hope this helps. John