I bought one of these at a gun show a few months ago for $150, in excellent condition. I wasn't expecting much, but discovered I got a lot for my money. By no means are they "a piece of junk".
The gun is simple, reliable, fairly well made, and extremely accurate with Federal high velocity ammo. Tom is right about the ammo; only good stuff will work well...in anything.
I was not expecting an inexpensively constructed gun with fixed sights to be a tin can tack driver at 50 feet or so, but it is.
I'd say if somebody wants $125 for a decent one, grab it. I understand that not all of them are good ones, but at that price, if it isn't, so what? It tells part of the Luger collection story.
The down side? I hate guns with aluminum parts, as the grip frame on this one, or any gun with plastic anything. So I'll pass on the Glocks, etc. And I probably would have passed on this Stoeger Luger if the price had been high. Then I would have missed something good.
Oh, it came with a finely made proprietary Stoeger Luger leather holster in great condition. Strangely enough, the .22 Luger is a little fatter in the receiver area than a real one, and the latter fits a bit loosely in such a holster. But it works. It's professionally made and obviously mass produced, but has no markings.
Look at the current offering this way. You can buy a nice little fun gun for what most people are selling WW-II Luger magazines for, and most of these will not work as well as a $35 Mec-Gar mag.
