1940 MAUSER P08 with two mags

Sergio Natali · 08-28-2017, 09:31 AM

After a long time last Saturday I was tempted to buy this 1940 MAUSER P08, I've not rang the gun store yet, I would need to see it in person as I'm not sure of its original finish, then the requested price I think is too high for a rechambered (9X21 IMI) pistol: more than 2,600.00 $

kurusu · 08-28-2017, 09:46 AM

Run away Sergio. Don't look back.

I mean $2600!? In 9x21!? No way Jose. Even if it wasn't refinished, which I doubt. There seems to be blue over the pitting.

But. You should see it in person to better evaluate. If really all matching It would make a nice $1000/1200 shooter.

aldo35 · 08-28-2017, 11:31 AM

The pin in the toggle should be white not blue if pistol wasn't refinished. I don't know prices in Europe but it appears high for a pistol in this condition.
Aldo 35

ithacaartist · 08-28-2017, 12:48 PM

I don't know who compiled the pics, but the over-caution in masking the first two digits of the serial numbers on the mags is undone by its appearance in full on the receiver. The visible "9" on the one on the right also looks suspicious to me. Both mag bottoms appear to have been "polished" with a wire wheel because their shininess is so bumpy.

rhuff · 08-28-2017, 01:46 PM

It is difficult to tell for sure, but the grip frames look touched up to me in these photos. To me, that Luger is overpriced for what I see.

08-28-2017, 09:31 AM	#1
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	1940 MAUSER P08 with two mags After a long time last Saturday I was tempted to buy this 1940 MAUSER P08, I've not rang the gun store yet, I would need to see it in person as I'm not sure of its original finish, then the requested price I think is too high for a rechambered (9X21 IMI) pistol: more than 2,600.00 $ Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

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aldo35 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northern GA Posts: 323 Thanks: 2,169 Thanked 138 Times in 70 Posts	1940 p08 The pin in the toggle should be white not blue if pistol wasn't refinished. I don't know prices in Europe but it appears high for a pistol in this condition. Aldo 35

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ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,292 Thanks: 7,060 Thanked 2,485 Times in 1,325 Posts	I don't know who compiled the pics, but the over-caution in masking the first two digits of the serial numbers on the mags is undone by its appearance in full on the receiver. The visible "9" on the one on the right also looks suspicious to me. Both mag bottoms appear to have been "polished" with a wire wheel because their shininess is so bumpy. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

08-28-2017, 09:46 AM	#2
kurusu User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,225 Thanks: 2,679 Thanked 929 Times in 509 Posts	Run away Sergio. Don't look back. I mean $2600!? In 9x21!? No way Jose. Even if it wasn't refinished, which I doubt. There seems to be blue over the pitting. But. You should see it in person to better evaluate. If really all matching It would make a nice $1000/1200 shooter.

08-28-2017, 01:46 PM	#5
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,274 Thanks: 2,695 Thanked 961 Times in 707 Posts	It is difficult to tell for sure, but the grip frames look touched up to me in these photos. To me, that Luger is overpriced for what I see.