New listing at GunBroker

Norme · 03-06-2022, 08:02 PM

This is a nice looking 1906 Navy 1st. Altered, but beware that "matching" magazine! What are the red flags?
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/926452292
Norm

spripple33 · 03-06-2022, 08:22 PM

On just the magazine- the font on the 3 is wrong, the top is flat. I also see the ghost of other numbers under the 9. I think the whole gun looks a little too nice? And the pics could be better for the price he's asking.
-Jason

spripple33 · 03-06-2022, 08:26 PM

I may be wrong, the pic is bad, but the C/M on the mag also looks upside-down...

Norme · 03-06-2022, 08:51 PM

Congratulations Jason, you got two out of two! There is also a yellow flag, the magazine base looks like beechwood to me. Beech was a late war expedient and first appeared at the end of 1916 Navy production and then on intermittently till the end of the war.
Needless to say, incorrect for a 1906 Navy magazine.
Regards, Norm

gunnertwo · 03-06-2022, 11:08 PM

Pics dark and not enough of them to accurately evaluate the pistol. P.T. Barnum would be proud of his description.

G2

DonVoigt · 03-07-2022, 10:22 AM

"Presents as new"; as well it should for a refinished pistol ! JMHO.

Mac Cat · 03-07-2022, 10:37 AM

If you think a gun is worth $8,499, then at least post some professional photos and perhaps get an appraisal for $50.

It's amazing what people will pay for guns in auctions, but I have also seen a lot of them go without bids.

Daniel76 · 03-07-2022, 05:51 PM

I'm always suspicious of an 'As Is' return policy on a really high dollar item. Even if you were later to determine that it was refinished, or been monkeyed with in some way, you are now out $8500. I get it...you don't want to take a chance of getting it back with problems, but if this were completely legit, a 3-day inspection should be confidently given.

03-06-2022, 08:02 PM	#1
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,603 Times in 933 Posts	New listing at GunBroker This is a nice looking 1906 Navy 1st. Altered, but beware that "matching" magazine! What are the red flags? https://www.gunbroker.com/item/926452292 Norm

03-07-2022, 10:22 AM	#6
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	"Presents as new"; as well it should for a refinished pistol ! JMHO. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

03-06-2022, 08:22 PM	#2
spripple33 User Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Gettysburg, PA Posts: 85 Thanks: 137 Thanked 167 Times in 54 Posts	On just the magazine- the font on the 3 is wrong, the top is flat. I also see the ghost of other numbers under the 9. I think the whole gun looks a little too nice? And the pics could be better for the price he's asking. -Jason

03-06-2022, 08:26 PM	#3
spripple33 User Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Gettysburg, PA Posts: 85 Thanks: 137 Thanked 167 Times in 54 Posts	I may be wrong, the pic is bad, but the C/M on the mag also looks upside-down...

03-06-2022, 08:51 PM	#4
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,603 Times in 933 Posts	Congratulations Jason, you got two out of two! There is also a yellow flag, the magazine base looks like beechwood to me. Beech was a late war expedient and first appeared at the end of 1916 Navy production and then on intermittently till the end of the war. Needless to say, incorrect for a 1906 Navy magazine. Regards, Norm

03-06-2022, 11:08 PM	#5
gunnertwo User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nampa, Idaho Posts: 621 Thanks: 822 Thanked 930 Times in 363 Posts	Pics dark and not enough of them to accurately evaluate the pistol. P.T. Barnum would be proud of his description. G2

03-07-2022, 10:37 AM	#7
Mac Cat Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 725 Thanks: 2,089 Thanked 606 Times in 327 Posts	If you think a gun is worth $8,499, then at least post some professional photos and perhaps get an appraisal for $50. It's amazing what people will pay for guns in auctions, but I have also seen a lot of them go without bids.

03-07-2022, 05:51 PM	#8
Daniel76 User Join Date: May 2021 Location: Texas Posts: 41 Thanks: 76 Thanked 116 Times in 30 Posts	I'm always suspicious of an 'As Is' return policy on a really high dollar item. Even if you were later to determine that it was refinished, or been monkeyed with in some way, you are now out $8500. I get it...you don't want to take a chance of getting it back with problems, but if this were completely legit, a 3-day inspection should be confidently given.