M1914 Navy Luger...

[Pete Ebbink]

Bernie,

I did send the Gun Broker seller an invite to the Luger Forum. Suspect they did log on and read the discussion about their pistol.

This was obvious from one of their replies to me, in off-forum private emails, about the discussion.

But I think they decided not to "join" the on-line discussion about this Navy.

I was hoping they would take the list of additional photos I suggested a prospective buyer should ask for in my previous posting and take the photos and update their auction ad to "convince" buyers and other looky-lou's that their Navy is an original, factory finish. They did not take the "hint"...

p.s. A bunch of expert refinishers that are passing off their reworks as origial have certainly mastered the art of redoing a rust blue job while leaving the original "in-the-white" interior of the gun's frame as such. The presence of an "in-the-white" frame interior, by itself, cannot be the only factor one uses to determine an original piece from a rework.

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />