Faked, refinished and boosted Lugers.

[Orv Reichert]

I think it is useless to talk about Lugers unless you fully identify the gun. Then, later, when that Luger with a M/M sideplate shows up with all matching numbers, two #'d mags, a matching stock, and GL on the toggle, you will be able to dissuade the hapless new owner of his belief that the seller was not boosting a sale when he said it came out of private collection in the northeast where it had been kept wrapped in towel under a sofa for 50 years.

My P38 list [now 19,250 entries] shows 'source' but in many cases [or when requested] I show source as 'NAPCA' or 'Forum'. Most are reported but not owned so I don't see any big deal.

Several big collectors have had a code name assigned...just in case!

When cooperating with an author, I 'purge' that info anyway!

If one guy has reported over 3000...you don't think the GunGestapo is going to look to him for ownership, do you?

When I die, the list will live on. [I am 73 this week!] Perhaps it will not be updated, but I have arranged for Tom Knox, President of NAPCA to receive a CD with the data and instructions on sharing the info. My son will forward the CD when necessary.

I just found another matching mag for a gun reported 10 years ago....In this case, I know where the gun is!

Orv