MK

That's a good post of your's Bill.


It's hard to say anymore what the value of a Luger is.

Some people will give you a way low price range for non-matching Lugers no matter what they look like.


I think the reality is that the base price for any shootable Luger is the range that Tom Heller sells them for. Namely, around $500. That gets you a Eastbloc arsenal refurbished Luger assembly.


Now I don't know about you guys, but a nice looking, non-matching, correctly finished (refinished or not) shooter grade Luger is worth a slight premium to at least some of the rebuilds. For one thing, you don't get all of those really cool big "X"'s that are often stamped on the Eastbloc pistols.


Then there is another way that I consider.


What does one of the Stainless "Lugers" cost? About $700?


Now if you are looking at a very nice example of a not 100% matching pistol, which is preferable? The real thing, though not in as issued condition? Or the Stainless thing?


Now I do have to agree that anything over the $599.99 price cap is too much to pay for a non-matching Luger, though I can understand where these high prices are coming from.


Really nice 95%+ all original, all matching Lugers are selling for double and triple the so-called shooter values.

It's only natural that the shooters will escalate in price.


So yes, you will see overpriced examples of shooter grade pistols. It is still possible to get pretty good pistols in the $500-$650 price range and some of them will be 100% original, though with less than 80% finish.


Which leads to the next problem. Is a 100% matching pistol that has been refinished by someone like Ted worth as much as $750 and maybe even a little more?


Mike