restoring Navy Luger - Page 2

sheepherder · 05-13-2009, 06:02 PM

ARGH!!! Not enough detail!!!

I've seen sites with pics that look like they were taken with electron microscopes!!! So, for you unrestricted viewers, here's the left side full size (just cropped the greenery a little)...

http://www.wzrd.com/~rbrennan/misc/navyl.jpg

sheepherder · 05-13-2009, 06:10 PM

Now, THAT"S a pic!!! You can read the initials in the flaming bomb proof!!!

Here's the other side -

http://www.wzrd.com/~rbrennan/misc/navyr.jpg

The site resizes the pics, so just click on them and let your browser display them...

artyguy · 05-13-2009, 07:31 PM

My understanding is the belgium proofs would have been applied somewhere between 1917 (mfg of gun) and 1937 (when European nations agreed to accept another nations proof)

A special thanks to Postino for all of his patience in helping me get some pictures posted.

With the opinions here, I think I will definitely leave it alone. If I want a better one I can trade up.

Steve

alanint · 05-13-2009, 11:41 PM

Just don't trade up this original example for a boosted, faked or restored example that may seem better on the surface but will hold much less value.

Check with the experts on this board before buying a Navy. As has been pointed out here, it is one of the most faked or altered Luger variations out there.

Big Norm · 05-20-2009, 01:52 AM

Wow! Its got a matching mag too.

Big Norm

A.Mifsin · 05-20-2009, 05:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Norm

Wow! Its got a matching mag too.

Big Norm

Am I correct to say that the mag is wrong type for a 1917 Navy luger. which should be without rings and the number should be horizontal. vertical stamping was used by DWM well before 1917.
Of course, I am subject to correction by the Navy Experts.

Alf.

05-13-2009, 06:02 PM	#21
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,182 Thanks: 1,398 Thanked 4,440 Times in 2,328 Posts	ARGH!!! Not enough detail!!! I've seen sites with pics that look like they were taken with electron microscopes!!! So, for you unrestricted viewers, here's the left side full size (just cropped the greenery a little)... http://www.wzrd.com/~rbrennan/misc/navyl.jpg

05-13-2009, 06:10 PM	#22
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,182 Thanks: 1,398 Thanked 4,440 Times in 2,328 Posts	Now, THAT"S a pic!!! You can read the initials in the flaming bomb proof!!! Here's the other side - http://www.wzrd.com/~rbrennan/misc/navyr.jpg The site resizes the pics, so just click on them and let your browser display them...

05-13-2009, 07:31 PM	#23
artyguy User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My understanding is the belgium proofs would have been applied somewhere between 1917 (mfg of gun) and 1937 (when European nations agreed to accept another nations proof) A special thanks to Postino for all of his patience in helping me get some pictures posted. With the opinions here, I think I will definitely leave it alone. If I want a better one I can trade up. Steve

05-13-2009, 11:41 PM	#24
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Just don't trade up this original example for a boosted, faked or restored example that may seem better on the surface but will hold much less value. Check with the experts on this board before buying a Navy. As has been pointed out here, it is one of the most faked or altered Luger variations out there.

05-20-2009, 01:52 AM	#25
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Wow! Its got a matching mag too. Big Norm