[lugerholsterrepair]

Zamo, Your arguments sound appealing untill you are one day at the range and find your very valuble Luger (Ed is on the low side for many pistols) turned into junk and it's value cut in half by such careless nonchelance not to mention naivete.
Of course it's your money and you can spend it as you like.
Myself, I find I have to stretch the household budget for a $5000 dollar pistol. It would be the height of stupidity for me to shoot a mint Imperial Navy or Artillery when I get the same experience from a parts shooter Navy & Artillery.
How anyone could make the argument that it's OK to risk an $8000 dollar pistol for a few rounds a couple times a year is beyond me.
Even if it were a thousand dollar all matching pistol..why?
If you think numbered parts don't break I have some news..they do and they will.
Like a motorcycle accident or an accidental discharge..it's not a matter of if, but when.
Please explain why it would be important to shoot an expensive collectable pistol instead of a shooter? This I would like to know...Jerry Burney