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Originally Posted by jamese
I like the guys that come to Luger -U ask questions........and when they get answers they dont want to hear, they get mad at those who shared info..........
jim
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I'm not mad at anyone here, don't know where you would get that impression. I am mad at whoever sold this pistol to her though.
And it has nothing to do with the money. A few thousand dollars is inconsequential to me, but I am disappointed to have to tell her that the gun she spent her hard earned money on; as a gift, is essentially worthless and that she was ripped off.
Personally, I've never been a fan of Lugers, but I can appreciate that there are those that love them.
So my parents want me to keep this gun, because they are under the impression that it's worth... a lot, when it's simply not. I'd rather just take it out, shoot it, mess around with it... but at the moment, it doesn't seem like it deserves a spot in my safe. This puts me in a quandry because I'm expected to keep it and treasure it (and not shoot it
). I would never sell a gift that was given to me, like I said... I could care less if this thing was worth $1,000 or $10,000... it's just that if it was worth more, I'd be more motivated to keep it in my safe for the next 20 years and not bring it to the range.
I have other pistols and rifles worth much more than this weapon and I take them to the range. I just hate burning space and keeping a collector's item that isn't even a collector's item.
So basically it boils down to me having a "shooter" but not being able to shoot it.
I mean the gun isn't for sell and probably won't be... ever. But It'd be more enjoyable holding on to something that may be worth a lot more in the future, rather than a gun that isn't worth anything now and probably won't be in the future. I don't know if that makes sense, but that's the best I can put it into words.
Maybe I can get rid of this one, get a real one... and just tell them that it's the same one.