[Arizona Slim]

Hi John and welcome to the forum. You should be able to easily pick up a good condition "shooter" Luger for substantially less then then $1500. to $2000., perhaps even in the $700. to $900. range. You can get a good idea of what a reasonable price would be if you log onto some of the major auction houses web sites and click on their "Past Auction" feature where you should be able view the prices realized, always a good starting point. If you prefer the WW11 Lugers Mauser seems to be the best regarded producer. There are lots of good, informative books available on that subject an excellent choice would be Gortz and Sturgess three volume set, "The Borchardt & Luger Automatic Pistols", a little pricy but well worth the investment for someone that may be interested in learning about and collecting Lugers. You can also click on the "search' feature at the top of the page and type in "book review" for other ideas on this subject. Good Luck,

Lon