Re: 1917 Erfurt
Hi Folks!
Letâ??s not confuse â??collectableâ? and â??collector value.â? In a world where people collect scraps of used tin foil and pieces of string just about anything is collectable
Mismatched Lugers (excluding those with only mismatched magazines) have no collector value. Thatâ??s the market reality. Comparisons of Luger collecting to the collecting of US arms are not valid. US military arms come from a tradition of fully machine made firearms with all parts interchangeable. Thatâ??s the reason small parts on US military firearms are not numbered. Lugers come from a very different tradition - firearms produced with a great deal of hand fitting of parts to individual firearms, making parts interchangeability low.
The collectors of US military firearms (like the â??03 Springfield) have no way of ever knowing if the parts that compose their rifle have been replaced by a previous owner - and donâ??t care. Luger collectors can know if a Luger has been altered by a previous owner, and do care.
Best regards,
Kyrie
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