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4 Scale · 06-28-2018, 10:00 PM

I bought my first Luger shooter about three years ago and now own 4 shooters. Every time I go to a public range heads turn, including young people. IMO the average young shooter considers Lugers a bit out of reach on price but I think the interest is there.

There have been numerous threads on Luger values which I find interesting. I also enjoy looking at auction pricing. The sum of my anecdotal observations is that IMO Lugers very roughly appreciate at the rate of inflation plus maybe a point or two. Likely they also go up/down with the economy. And of course right now at least modern firearm sales are down since so many people stocked up 2009-16. I have to wonder if the current oversupply of new firearms is depressing prices on all firearms including Lugers at the moment.

The idea that interest in Lugers will taper off as the WWII generation leaves us doesn't make sense to me. The appearance and history of the pistol is IMO just too iconic and unique.

06-28-2018, 10:00 PM	#2
4 Scale User Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 544 Thanks: 194 Thanked 490 Times in 251 Posts	I bought my first Luger shooter about three years ago and now own 4 shooters. Every time I go to a public range heads turn, including young people. IMO the average young shooter considers Lugers a bit out of reach on price but I think the interest is there. There have been numerous threads on Luger values which I find interesting. I also enjoy looking at auction pricing. The sum of my anecdotal observations is that IMO Lugers very roughly appreciate at the rate of inflation plus maybe a point or two. Likely they also go up/down with the economy. And of course right now at least modern firearm sales are down since so many people stocked up 2009-16. I have to wonder if the current oversupply of new firearms is depressing prices on all firearms including Lugers at the moment. The idea that interest in Lugers will taper off as the WWII generation leaves us doesn't make sense to me. The appearance and history of the pistol is IMO just too iconic and unique.