Is it ok to get a $2000 Luger... then shoot it often?

rjk-bw42 · 02-22-2011, 02:04 PM

Ron's response was excellent and hit all the key points to consider. As a collector, I have a set of firearms I display, study and keep safe, not only for me, but hopefully for generations to come. Then, I have my set of firearms I shoot, most are 20th-century military arms that have had some arsenal rework done, are mismatched and are safe to shoot.

nukem556 · 02-22-2011, 04:44 PM

I dunno...I can see both sides, but to me a firearm is a machine, a tool....to not use it at all is to deny its identity, its purpose for being. I wouldn't own a functional firearm I didn't personally shoot at least ONCE, otherwise it's just a lump of metal.
Conversely, I agree that irreplaceable pieces of history shouldn't be abused or fundamentally altered (if i had a 1902 Carbine, I might put a dozen rounds a year or so through it, but I wouldn't nickle-plate it!).
While we are still a ostensibly free country, you can't make other folks decisions for them though...it makes me ill that guys take P-51 Mustangs and Hawker Sea Furies and chop the wings shorter, soup up the engines and race them at Reno....but hey, they own 'em.

02-22-2011, 02:04 PM	#1
rjk-bw42 User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 9 Thanks: 10 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ron said it best Ron's response was excellent and hit all the key points to consider. As a collector, I have a set of firearms I display, study and keep safe, not only for me, but hopefully for generations to come. Then, I have my set of firearms I shoot, most are 20th-century military arms that have had some arsenal rework done, are mismatched and are safe to shoot.

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02-22-2011, 04:44 PM	#2
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	I dunno...I can see both sides, but to me a firearm is a machine, a tool....to not use it at all is to deny its identity, its purpose for being. I wouldn't own a functional firearm I didn't personally shoot at least ONCE, otherwise it's just a lump of metal. Conversely, I agree that irreplaceable pieces of history shouldn't be abused or fundamentally altered (if i had a 1902 Carbine, I might put a dozen rounds a year or so through it, but I wouldn't nickle-plate it!). While we are still a ostensibly free country, you can't make other folks decisions for them though...it makes me ill that guys take P-51 Mustangs and Hawker Sea Furies and chop the wings shorter, soup up the engines and race them at Reno....but hey, they own 'em.