Black Widow: Fake, Rework, or What?

bill m · 11-08-2001, 01:19 AM

Hi,

These out of sequence Lugers are mostly post 1945. You have no way of knowing if these guns were actually made this way, or repaired in the field, or put together sometime post 1945. Still's book has just given some people a way to try to market a Luger for more money than they could have gotten before. There are no doubt a lot of these in existance today, as most have been made up in the last few years. There should not be very many of these that are actually original as the KU Luger would have gotten most of the spare or left over parts. If the gun came directly from a vet and you knew the history of it over the years, then you might want to spend the extra cash to acquire one, but still, you do not know if it was actually made that way. A matching magazine means nothing as this was issued with the frame and receiver. I really do not feel most are original.

11-08-2001, 01:19 AM	#16
bill m User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 385 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Black Widow: Fake, Rework, or What? Hi, These out of sequence Lugers are mostly post 1945. You have no way of knowing if these guns were actually made this way, or repaired in the field, or put together sometime post 1945. Still's book has just given some people a way to try to market a Luger for more money than they could have gotten before. There are no doubt a lot of these in existance today, as most have been made up in the last few years. There should not be very many of these that are actually original as the KU Luger would have gotten most of the spare or left over parts. If the gun came directly from a vet and you knew the history of it over the years, then you might want to spend the extra cash to acquire one, but still, you do not know if it was actually made that way. A matching magazine means nothing as this was issued with the frame and receiver. I really do not feel most are original.