G Date Shooter

[DavidJayUden]

It's clearly refinished, no barrel serial halos for one thing.

I don't know how you can tell with all that white goop smeared all over the gun.

Yes it has an import mark, and yes it is probably refinished, but to a lot of beginning collectors that is a fine and somewhat rare Luger. Don't disregard its collectability potential.
dju

[Kyrie]

Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

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Yes it has an import mark, and yes it is probably refinished, but to a lot of beginning collectors that is a fine and somewhat rare Luger. Don't disregard its collectability potential.
dju

Yes, sir. Even an advanced collector will occasionally pay a small premium for a shooter grade gun that fills the empty slot of a hard-to-get variation, while he waits for a better grade example at an acceptable price.

Beginning collectors will do the same thing, more often than the advanced collector, and have been known to get buck fever and offer much more than a gun is really worth purely because they they think the chances they will never see another example of some uncommon-to-rare variation.

You can take it for given that I will be mindful of all that and more when the time comes, in five or ten years, for me to sell this one.

[kurusu]

@ kyrie,

When shooting it. Remove the holdopen. It's not needed for shooting, and it's a numbered part that is common to break.

[Kyrie]

Originally Posted by kurusu

@ kyrie,

When shooting it. Remove the holdopen. It's not needed for shooting, and it's a numbered part that is common to break.

Excellent advice, and much appreciated. I've already laid in a small supply of modern replacement grip panels and firing pins to use when shooting