Hello Joseph,
Many good advices from Forum users....Let me tell you my little experience, quite similar to Pete Whitman's Collection.
I started collecting III Reich Lugers because of personnal interest in that period. Today it is my most extensive Luger category...Along the way I grabbed a few P-38's ( follow up to the Luger as German sidearm in WWII )...today my P-38 collection is Mauser's exclusively( sold all the AC's, HP's & CYQ ) But back to Lugers...I then came across a nice Pre-War ERFURT....so here am I collecting ERFURTS ( my 2nd category today...) A guy called me one day about a 1900AE...my birthday gift last year....and I stumbled across a SIMSON along the way....and so many more to come by...Today, I try to be more selective as I have opportunities almost every week...
So today I really mixed up because I like them all...and the Luger Collection, growing every month or so, is composed of the following categories:
1- III Reich
2- ERFURTS
3- Weimar era
4- Early Contracts
5- Navy
Start slowly, get good information & select a period you want to concentrate on...
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