Help on Buying 1st Luger (cont.)

[james127]

Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

The artillery barrel is actually a complete Erfurt top end, one that you can possibly slip right on another Luger for a way-neat shooter. I'll guess $600+ on that alone.
I'd dig just a bit deeper than Jerry on the #1 gun if it is matching. A good shooter to be sure and matching helps.
#2 is an interesting rig, and a closer hands on inspection would be nice.
What specific questions do you have that haven't been answered?
dju

With Luger #2, are there any guesses as to what it is or what era it might be from? I guess that the fact that it had no markings on it had me shying away (again, novice here) but you all seem to be more drawn to that one.

To be honest, I don't think that auction company even knows what they have. They described Luger #1 as a 41 byf black widow with matching numbers and #2 as a possible "build up". They did say that there was a "1" on the inside of one grip when it was disassembled and cleaned. To be fair, the guy running the auction admits that he doesn't know much about guns and just goes off of the opinions of others.

Are there any red flags that I should be looking for on #2?

Again, I really do appreciate you guys taking the time to walk through some of this stuff with me.