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I went back an took another look at it. The serial number is 925 with no suffix. Would that make it the first month of production? January 1937??

Pawn shop has a BSW 1937 RC. I would rate it over all excellent: wood, metal and bore. They are asking $550.00. To much for this code?

I grew up during that time period and saw first hand the flood of WWII firearms pouring into the country and being sold everywhere from hardware stores, mail order suppliers etc. In my opinion that is where most of the "vet bring backs" being sold today come from. I still have stuff I bought...

When I was a kid the area I lived in had three large military surplus stores. Their firearms display case was full of WWII surplus handguns of all types. I remember Lugers and snail drum magazines. On the public walking floor they had racks of military rifles from many countries including...

Unless the firearm has capture papers, duffle bag cut etc. to ID it as a Vet bring back I would guess a great deal of the other stuff being sold today as vet bring backs came in post war 50/60’s. WWII surplus was everywhere. I was not interested in Mausers then, but during that time period I...

In Viet Nam you could bring back any semi-auto rifle, bolt gun, or handgun. The most common was the SKS and Tokarev pistol. You could bring back more the one firearm. Full auto stuff did come back off the paper work record. A lot of the full auto was made legal with the 1968 Gun Control Act...

What is the purpose of the red "paint" inside the cupped butt plate I see in the photo? I have a butt plate with the same red colored "paint" or close to it.

What about the over all mechanical shape?

The grips will put a hit on value. Even if you replace the grips it will still be a Luger with replacement parts. A collector will almost always be able to tell. The little I know and what I can see the rest looks good. What about the bore??

If you can only buy or sell registered firearms and any unregistered ones are taken by the state how do you get new production or older firearms like the 98k onto the registered list?? If no new firearms can be put on the "list" wouldn't the pool of firearms the public can own be getting...

I hope we can maintain these American values pointed out by Hambone. It appears to me they are currently under unprecedented pressure.

Hambone Well done!!!

I worked as the Range Master for a number of years at a shooting range where city, county, state and Federal law enforcement came for firearms training etc. From my personal experience I found it to be a mixed bag on their support for civilian gun ownership especially when it came to certain...

Over the years I have found the vast majority of the firearms up for sale are rode hard and put away wet. Law breakers don't take very good care of their firearms. Anything of real value or out of the norm has been been picked out most of the time before the auction. I did pick up a nice Uzi...

Can any member of the general public in Denmark own any of the firearms seen in the photos?? If so what is the process??