Fake restoration

alvin · 12-14-2014, 08:52 PM

Changing number on magazine bottom is the cheapest way to increase value of a Luger. Whenever find a Luger with matching magazine, especially two matching magazines, red flag should be up.

On pictures posted by Luger collector, original magazine bottom looks being cast aluminum. Nice ones are dull stain, not gloss at all. If the bottom is shiny, or have a feeling that something was cut, sanded, etc, that's very suspicious.

12-14-2014, 08:52 PM	#1
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Changing number on magazine bottom is the cheapest way to increase value of a Luger. Whenever find a Luger with matching magazine, especially two matching magazines, red flag should be up. On pictures posted by Luger collector, original magazine bottom looks being cast aluminum. Nice ones are dull stain, not gloss at all. If the bottom is shiny, or have a feeling that something was cut, sanded, etc, that's very suspicious.