Looking at purchasing a luger.

[mayberryusa]

Thanks to everyone for their input! This has become an interesting learning experience for me. I am going to try to get some assistance in obtaining photographs of the piece I am contemplating purchasing, but that may take me a little longer as I don't have all the computer equipment it takes to do this. In the meanwhile, I have a couple more questions: Is there a foolproof way to tell whether the firearm has been re-blued or not? I have asked 3 people, two of whom have a good bit of experience in determining gun value and the other an enthusiast and collector, and only 1 person thought it had been reblued....so, I don't know what to think. The bluing is in really good shape, estimated at 95% or better, and has wear only in the places where wear is expected to be seen. Also, regarding the toggle possibly being a replaced piece - it does have the last two digits of the serial number on it ("84"). What is the likelihood that a part with the same number could have been taken from another gun? The letter "u", which thanks to y'all I now know is an important part of the serial number, is most certainly the letter "u". It looks just like the lower-case cursive "u" that is shown on the Suffix1 page within this website. I'm hoping this response will encourage more replies, but I don't know if this added information may be of much assistance in determining value. I'll try to get those pictures uploaded as soon as possible. Again, thank you to everyone who took the time to post a response! <img src="graemlins/wave.gif" border="0" alt="[byebye]" />