If not dedicated to Luger, collecting a few Lugers can be very easy. You won't need care those split-hair differences among variations, just need two with distinctive difference in appearance: a 4" Army, and a 8" artillery. That's it. Nice ones will cost a few thousand though. But in C&R, that's actually normal expense. Two for looking, one for shooting.. the shooting one can be anything. No need to chase rare ones, rare ones are for those collectors having established collection looking for very specific items, not for non-dedicated collectors of that domain.
Same is applicable to other C&Rs. If you're not a dedicated C96 collector, for example, getting a Red 9 or M1930 should be good enough. No need to chase those rare ones. Playing this way, the cost will be very controllable.
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