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Originally Posted by ryoung
... first stop was a local Gun shop who told me the gun was to old to shoot and would more than likely damage it. Of course he offered to buy it. ...
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That should have been a screaming red flag right there. Run away from that gun store and don't look back - someone's going to get cheated otherwise, and it won't be the gun store.
Many of us on here have Lugers (and other guns) far older than that and still shoot them regularly and safely. (Ever been to an NSSA match and seen just how many original Civil War rifles are fired? A lot.) As long as you use correct, good quality ammunition you shouldn't have any problems with.
Personally, I've never thought of the Luger as finicky either. I currently own 17 and again, with good ammo and a decent magazine find them to be pretty reliable. Soft-pointed ammo doesn't feed well, nor do cheap aftermarket magazines. FWIW, most feeding problems with semi-autos are either ammo or magazine related, anyway.
My .02