A hidden treasure?

conehammer · 03-28-2023, 03:10 PM

I've not been active either on this forum of in the firearms hobby for some while having my nose buried in other hobbies.

I went out to look at what's currently selling on GB in the wide wacky wonderful world of Mauser C96's.

My eyes almost popped and I may have sprained my jaw in reaction to prices. And for junk!

Here's a gem: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/976866263

"Mint" "Professionally restored" "They don't come better than this!"

Hoo boy.

Jerry

gunnertwo · 03-28-2023, 09:04 PM

Frankly- a stupid description. Oxymoronic. Deceptive.

G2

Kiwi · 03-29-2023, 08:45 AM

"BOLO" is certainly correct
Better
Off
Leaving
Out

cirelaw · 03-29-2023, 11:01 AM

Yik!

DonVoigt · 03-30-2023, 10:04 AM

Misterluger is certainly creative with his descriptions; he says right in the description the pistol
is "shot".

gunbugs · 03-30-2023, 03:05 PM

He certainly doesn't waste his time taking quality photos.....

ithacaartist · 03-31-2023, 08:21 PM

Misterluger has more for sale, so this is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's another for your perusal: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/977593688 I wish the pics were better.

I have not bought anything from him, but sold him an Erma Et-22, the long barreled, fore-stocked "Marine Model." I did just fine, considering the market at the time--and his payment cleared without a hitch.

pmanton · 04-01-2023, 02:14 PM

Yeah I was stung by his fuzzy pictures and one day return.

03-28-2023, 03:10 PM	#1
conehammer User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 114 Thanks: 1 Thanked 55 Times in 21 Posts	A hidden treasure? I've not been active either on this forum of in the firearms hobby for some while having my nose buried in other hobbies. I went out to look at what's currently selling on GB in the wide wacky wonderful world of Mauser C96's. My eyes almost popped and I may have sprained my jaw in reaction to prices. And for junk! Here's a gem: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/976866263 "Mint" "Professionally restored" "They don't come better than this!" Hoo boy. Jerry

03-30-2023, 10:04 AM	#5
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	Misterluger is certainly creative with his descriptions; he says right in the description the pistol is "shot". __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

03-31-2023, 08:21 PM	#7
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,346 Thanks: 7,277 Thanked 2,578 Times in 1,365 Posts	Misterluger has more for sale, so this is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's another for your perusal: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/977593688 I wish the pics were better. I have not bought anything from him, but sold him an Erma Et-22, the long barreled, fore-stocked "Marine Model." I did just fine, considering the market at the time--and his payment cleared without a hitch. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

03-28-2023, 09:04 PM	#2
gunnertwo User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nampa, Idaho Posts: 623 Thanks: 826 Thanked 930 Times in 363 Posts	Frankly- a stupid description. Oxymoronic. Deceptive. G2

03-29-2023, 08:45 AM	#3
Kiwi User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wrong side of the Delaware river Posts: 307 Thanks: 215 Thanked 435 Times in 172 Posts	"BOLO" is certainly correct Better Off Leaving Out

03-29-2023, 11:01 AM	#4
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Yik!

03-30-2023, 03:05 PM	#6
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 659 Thanks: 365 Thanked 1,178 Times in 394 Posts	He certainly doesn't waste his time taking quality photos.....

04-01-2023, 02:14 PM	#8
pmanton User Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Indian Hills Airpark Salome, AZ Posts: 24 Thanks: 66 Thanked 33 Times in 11 Posts	Yeah I was stung by his fuzzy pictures and one day return.