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Originally Posted by John Dallas
One difficulty with collectible guns is forgery. Winchesters and Lugers are notorious for being "Improved". Parkers - Not so much and with the paper trail available on many Parkers, frauds are more difficult. I had an acquaintance who had blank paper allegedly from the Cody Museum. He could "Letter" anything you wanted.
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My pop had a rather nice DWM WWI Luger someone had brought back after WWII and he got rather cheap when he was a kid !
Had the correct holster two seriel numbered mags with the wooden bottom knobs etc . And when I was about 18 or so he traded it for a signed Pennsylvania Rifle of about 1835-1845 vintage . What he got was okay !
But later I had thoughts of getting him another Luger to replace that one . After looking around for awhile and checking alot of the so called good Luger dealers I was scared to death to buy one of those things !
Education in ones desired field is priceless and the ability to get good info on something you're not up on from someone you can trust who is up on the item you're not is also priceless !