Dealers You Buy From

Big Norm · 12-26-2006, 04:08 AM

There are all sorts of dealers out there. There are good ones that I like but have made mistakes and there are bad ones out there who might actually have a good gun. There are some that I personally wouldn't touch with a ten foot poll no matter what they are selling. You really have to read the books, this forum and Jan Stills forum. After a while you will start to get the feel for what luger is good and which one is bad. Even then, there really is no substitute for getting the Luger in your own sweaty hands. The internet has made pricing difficult and has made every small time seller think that his gun is a rare and perfect Luger and for him to price his gun outa sight.

Then there are the counterfeiters. Look at the above Kreighoff discussion of a 1941 HK. Somebody possibly messed up a perfectly good and expensive HK to get a few bucks more on an altered gun. The counterfeiting looks very good. In most cases, the counterfeiting is pretty bad to the experienced eye. On this HK, this forum saved this guy a lot of money. I sometimes wonder if Gibson may have deliberately pictured the two HK's to innocently warn people about the altered HK.
Big Norm

12-26-2006, 04:08 AM	#14
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	There are all sorts of dealers out there. There are good ones that I like but have made mistakes and there are bad ones out there who might actually have a good gun. There are some that I personally wouldn't touch with a ten foot poll no matter what they are selling. You really have to read the books, this forum and Jan Stills forum. After a while you will start to get the feel for what luger is good and which one is bad. Even then, there really is no substitute for getting the Luger in your own sweaty hands. The internet has made pricing difficult and has made every small time seller think that his gun is a rare and perfect Luger and for him to price his gun outa sight. Then there are the counterfeiters. Look at the above Kreighoff discussion of a 1941 HK. Somebody possibly messed up a perfectly good and expensive HK to get a few bucks more on an altered gun. The counterfeiting looks very good. In most cases, the counterfeiting is pretty bad to the experienced eye. On this HK, this forum saved this guy a lot of money. I sometimes wonder if Gibson may have deliberately pictured the two HK's to innocently warn people about the altered HK. Big Norm