Faked, refinished and boosted Lugers.

Herb · 06-06-2002, 07:59 PM

Jan, I think you have a good idea there. My concern is that there are so many, possibly thousands of variations, that this would be a real nightmare. My research has led me to believe that everytime a Luger went back for repair of something, or perhaps just an adjustment, someone added an inspection stamp or other mark. This is probably why all original, never repaired or adjusted Lugers have less inspection or 'proof' stamps than those that had several repairs. I have no proof of this but I suspect that even the unit armorers used stamps when parts were replaced. What are your thoughts on this?

06-06-2002, 07:59 PM	#3
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Jan, I think you have a good idea there. My concern is that there are so many, possibly thousands of variations, that this would be a real nightmare. My research has led me to believe that everytime a Luger went back for repair of something, or perhaps just an adjustment, someone added an inspection stamp or other mark. This is probably why all original, never repaired or adjusted Lugers have less inspection or 'proof' stamps than those that had several repairs. I have no proof of this but I suspect that even the unit armorers used stamps when parts were replaced. What are your thoughts on this? __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull