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Dwight Gruber · 12-14-2005, 01:55 PM

Here is a question which has popped into my mind, regarding a situation which we all will probably, or already have, faced as gun collectors.

You are talking guns with somebody, and they show you their unit-marked 1917 Navy Luger. As you examine it, you recognize that all is not in ordnung, that the gun is in fact a counterfeit.

An offer of sale is not involved, it is simply a "look at this neat thing I've got" situation. What do you tell them?...if they are a friend?...an acquaintence?...a stranger at a gun show table?...someone whose hospitality you are enjoying? (...a correspondent in an online Forum???)

And the gun in question doesn't have to be a Navy Luger, I only use it as an example because I have become a bit familiar with these guns, and can picture myself in the situation. It is a question which applies to any gun sufficiently rare or valuable to have counterfeit potential.

--Dwight

12-14-2005, 01:55 PM	#1
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Manners Here is a question which has popped into my mind, regarding a situation which we all will probably, or already have, faced as gun collectors. You are talking guns with somebody, and they show you their unit-marked 1917 Navy Luger. As you examine it, you recognize that all is not in ordnung, that the gun is in fact a counterfeit. An offer of sale is not involved, it is simply a "look at this neat thing I've got" situation. What do you tell them?...if they are a friend?...an acquaintence?...a stranger at a gun show table?...someone whose hospitality you are enjoying? (...a correspondent in an online Forum???) And the gun in question doesn't have to be a Navy Luger, I only use it as an example because I have become a bit familiar with these guns, and can picture myself in the situation. It is a question which applies to any gun sufficiently rare or valuable to have counterfeit potential. --Dwight