One to Watch on GB.com

DavidJayUden · 10-19-2013, 09:24 AM

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=363932280

This one is no-reserve and seems like an honest matching gun. I'm wondering aloud if the mag. isn't re-stamped because of the contour, but the suffix seems good...

Anyway, any guesses what it will go for?

I'm on the sidelines, but will guess $1600'ish, but closing price is a crap-shoot.

dju

Norme · 10-19-2013, 09:44 AM

Hi David, The magazine is incorrect, it should be a Type 3 Army (crimped blued steel tube), not the extruded Type 4, and the base should look like this.
Regards, Norm

DavidJayUden · 10-19-2013, 03:29 PM

Norm:
So, given the matching number AND suffix, it appears that someone has gone to a great deal of trouble to try to fool potential buyers out of their money?
I guess it calls into question the rest of the package.
Thanks!
dju

tharpo · 10-19-2013, 06:06 PM

Norm is right, there were no fxo magazines in 1939. My vote would be the magazine is a "r" suffix mag from 1941 that had it serial number removed and re-stamped to match. Not a ding on the bottom after 70 years?

DavidJayUden · 10-19-2013, 10:36 PM

Here is another with highly suspect magazine markings...
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=371786857

Guard your money carefully, fellows...
dju

ithacaartist · 10-20-2013, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

Here is another with highly suspect magazine markings...
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=371786857

Guard your money carefully, fellows...
dju

...and a bad repro holster and stock rig, unless I miss my guess.

Tony Min · 10-20-2013, 12:25 PM

The 4 looks different on different parts of the gun. Would they all have been made with the same punch set?

10-19-2013, 09:24 AM	#1
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	One to Watch on GB.com http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=363932280 This one is no-reserve and seems like an honest matching gun. I'm wondering aloud if the mag. isn't re-stamped because of the contour, but the suffix seems good... Anyway, any guesses what it will go for? I'm on the sidelines, but will guess $1600'ish, but closing price is a crap-shoot. dju

10-19-2013, 09:44 AM	#2
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 225 Thanked 2,603 Times in 933 Posts	Hi David, The magazine is incorrect, it should be a Type 3 Army (crimped blued steel tube), not the extruded Type 4, and the base should look like this. Regards, Norm Attached Thumbnails

10-19-2013, 03:29 PM	#3
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Norm: So, given the matching number AND suffix, it appears that someone has gone to a great deal of trouble to try to fool potential buyers out of their money? I guess it calls into question the rest of the package. Thanks! dju

10-19-2013, 06:06 PM	#4
tharpo Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: West Coast, USA Posts: 541 Thanks: 116 Thanked 382 Times in 157 Posts	Norm is right, there were no fxo magazines in 1939. My vote would be the magazine is a "r" suffix mag from 1941 that had it serial number removed and re-stamped to match. Not a ding on the bottom after 70 years?

10-19-2013, 10:36 PM	#5
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Here is another with highly suspect magazine markings... http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=371786857 Guard your money carefully, fellows... dju

10-20-2013, 12:25 PM	#7
Tony Min User Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 169 Thanks: 0 Thanked 21 Times in 14 Posts	The 4 looks different on different parts of the gun. Would they all have been made with the same punch set?