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Marvin · 06-01-2001, 07:23 AM

BCC,

I like your posting and agree with what you have to say. I buy a Luger because I WANT it! Yes, I prefer an all matching pistol including matching magazine, but only about 40% of my collection have matching and this includes the 1941 and 1942 plastic bottom rigs which may or MAY NOT be the magazines that came with the pistol. I have a very nice Luger which I purchased from a Vet that is "almost matching"; the pistol matches, including the magazine, except the entire toggle train is from another DWM pistol. How did this happen that the entire toggle train is different, I don't know and the Vet did not know. This is the way ot was when he traded for it from another soldier. I don't think the other soldier would have had the knowledge to make this change, so it was probably repaired at some German field armory; maybe??????

Anyway, the pistol is non matching and was priced as a normal mismatched pistol. I still consider this to be "collectible" and not in the shooter catagory, but priced in that range. I am sure that many parts were changed by Germans in the field to keep the pistols operational and this shold not effect the "collectability", just the price. I agree that the Wording being used by dealers like "almost all matching" is wrong, a mis-matched pistol is a mis-matched pistol and should be priced accordingly. What most purist Luger collectors want is exactly what came from the factory and the bewt condition possible. I do prefer all matching, but if I like the pistol I will buy it. Just because there may be a mis-matched part does not seem to relegate the pistol to shooter only. I feel most any Luger except the made-up parts pistols are collectible. I think the Russian imports are collectible; only their value is not what an original would be. The imports have allowed many people to become interested in Lugers because the are affordable. Many folks cannot afford to pay the $1000 and up for a collectible Luger and the imports have added many new Luger lovers who may be able to buy a more collectible Luger in the future. Also, the imports still have the same history, or maybe even a better history than the ones brought back from the Western Front. Sorry for the long post.

Marvin

06-01-2001, 07:23 AM	#22
Marvin User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Upstate S.C. Posts: 1,132 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What is matching? BCC, I like your posting and agree with what you have to say. I buy a Luger because I WANT it! Yes, I prefer an all matching pistol including matching magazine, but only about 40% of my collection have matching and this includes the 1941 and 1942 plastic bottom rigs which may or MAY NOT be the magazines that came with the pistol. I have a very nice Luger which I purchased from a Vet that is "almost matching"; the pistol matches, including the magazine, except the entire toggle train is from another DWM pistol. How did this happen that the entire toggle train is different, I don't know and the Vet did not know. This is the way ot was when he traded for it from another soldier. I don't think the other soldier would have had the knowledge to make this change, so it was probably repaired at some German field armory; maybe?????? Anyway, the pistol is non matching and was priced as a normal mismatched pistol. I still consider this to be "collectible" and not in the shooter catagory, but priced in that range. I am sure that many parts were changed by Germans in the field to keep the pistols operational and this shold not effect the "collectability", just the price. I agree that the Wording being used by dealers like "almost all matching" is wrong, a mis-matched pistol is a mis-matched pistol and should be priced accordingly. What most purist Luger collectors want is exactly what came from the factory and the bewt condition possible. I do prefer all matching, but if I like the pistol I will buy it. Just because there may be a mis-matched part does not seem to relegate the pistol to shooter only. I feel most any Luger except the made-up parts pistols are collectible. I think the Russian imports are collectible; only their value is not what an original would be. The imports have allowed many people to become interested in Lugers because the are affordable. Many folks cannot afford to pay the $1000 and up for a collectible Luger and the imports have added many new Luger lovers who may be able to buy a more collectible Luger in the future. Also, the imports still have the same history, or maybe even a better history than the ones brought back from the Western Front. Sorry for the long post. Marvin