stainless steel Lugers - what happened?

Steve Richards · 12-15-2003, 07:55 PM

I can't speak for others, but a new Stainless was the first Luger that I owned. I wanted one that I could shoot without worry about breaking old parts and had a longer barrel. Some like them and accept them as just a new variation and others think they are abominations. Take your pick.

Without new Lugers being made, the number is finite and gets smaller everyday. Soon they will be too old and rare for the average person to own and unsafe to shoot anyway. Of the "originals" the newest are 58 years old and a few are over 100. How many 100 year old guns are safe to shoot very often? Much of the fun of having these guns is to shoot them.

I don't think that they are going to go up in value for a while due to being in current production but if you are not buying for an investment, they are a good choice in my opinion. There are already several variations that have been or are now being made so I think they offer a collecting challenge in their own right.

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12-15-2003, 07:55 PM	#5
Steve Richards User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Beaverton, Oregon Posts: 487 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I can't speak for others, but a new Stainless was the first Luger that I owned. I wanted one that I could shoot without worry about breaking old parts and had a longer barrel. Some like them and accept them as just a new variation and others think they are abominations. Take your pick. Without new Lugers being made, the number is finite and gets smaller everyday. Soon they will be too old and rare for the average person to own and unsafe to shoot anyway. Of the "originals" the newest are 58 years old and a few are over 100. How many 100 year old guns are safe to shoot very often? Much of the fun of having these guns is to shoot them. I don't think that they are going to go up in value for a while due to being in current production but if you are not buying for an investment, they are a good choice in my opinion. There are already several variations that have been or are now being made so I think they offer a collecting challenge in their own right.