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The $40,000 Pistol

allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,692 ✭✭✭✭
edited February 2004 in General Discussion
Would you give 40K for this pistol?
I think I might want a carbon 14 date on the grips before purchase.

http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=16237621
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  • crosshaircrosshair Member Posts: 635 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nope! Do you realize how many guns you could buy with 40,000 dollars. That would be my route![:D]

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  • gbeggrowgbeggrow Member Posts: 5,499 ✭
    edited November -1
    Not me, but I would spring for this if I had the dough and could get one of the two! Just imagine if you ever found or stumbled across model number 1!

    http://www.lugerforum.com/45Luger.html
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  • 358 WINCHESTER358 WINCHESTER Member Posts: 1,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What no "BUY NOW' price

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  • elect1mikeelect1mike Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I guess its worth the money but not for me its not.

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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My brother dug one up simalar to that in the 60's in WA. or MO. No rear site on the frame (Rear site has a "V" grove cut in the hammer) No# 's, nothing.
    Think it is circa 1860.

    HMMM wonder who much its realy worth?

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  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007 ✭
    edited November -1
    I was gonna buy it - then I figured out he only had ONE!

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  • bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
    edited November -1
    A guy with four auctions under his belt is convinced it is the real deal. Well that sure eases my mind about spending $40,000. There were so few Walkers made that tracking the ownership should not be a problem. It wasn't like your average cowboy could afford one. That low of a number would seem like it would have to be a Texas Ranger's gun. I don't believe it is authentic. If it was they would have placed it with one of the big auction houses and promoted it for months before the auction.

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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    $50 bucks and a postage stamp [:D]

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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,529 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not.
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,692 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The guys over on the cap and ball pistol forum are saying that there are two or three flaws with this pistol that convince them that this is a forgery.
    Probably made by Pietta in Italy last year, and had some fake aging etc.
    One guy has emailed the seller and accused him of fakery, no response.
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  • bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
    edited November -1
    quote:Of course, a three-day inspection for your own authentication is expected.


    Expected, but not given. Plus it would take weeks or even months to authenticate a non provenanced gun of that era. I've been told by experts that even they can be had by a good craftman using era parts from various guns to make one whole one.

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  • steeltoe1978steeltoe1978 Member Posts: 3,248
    edited November -1
    I'd pay 3 bucks for it. Probably end up using it as a hammer. - Toe [8D]
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