Model 1900 Luger

wterrell · 07-01-2003, 11:33 PM

Ron,
I do not believe in the conspiracy of fakery that chokes the collecting community. I have heard men at gun shows discuss the imprint of this or that stamp, size of lettering, evidence of overstamping, ad nauseum, ad hysteria. It is repulsive.
This present example pictured above is so clumsily executed that I cannot help but come to the conclusion of heavy handed tampering in an attempt to reproduce what a person has seen as genuine, not knowing that his pistol had just as much value in its original state as some high priced example of different configuration.
If pictures disclose this botched welding job so easily, there is no telling what a hands on examination would confirm.

07-01-2003, 11:33 PM	#23
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Ron, I do not believe in the conspiracy of fakery that chokes the collecting community. I have heard men at gun shows discuss the imprint of this or that stamp, size of lettering, evidence of overstamping, ad nauseum, ad hysteria. It is repulsive. This present example pictured above is so clumsily executed that I cannot help but come to the conclusion of heavy handed tampering in an attempt to reproduce what a person has seen as genuine, not knowing that his pistol had just as much value in its original state as some high priced example of different configuration. If pictures disclose this botched welding job so easily, there is no telling what a hands on examination would confirm. __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------