Hello from a new member

XTR · 12-30-2013, 05:14 PM

Just dropping a first post.

I've been a 1911 guy for as long as I can remember, don't collect 'em, I shoot 'em.

Lately I've been getting the bug to pick up a P38 and/or a P08 to add to the safe. Not in a rush, and I'm probably thinking shooters, not so much looking for collectables, at least at this point. So I thought I'd take the time to read and learn some things before I ran out and paid a silly sum of $$ for something that I shouldn't.

Based on the number of sticky threads here I have a lot of reading to do.

Wade

Edward Tinker · 12-30-2013, 06:28 PM

Wade, welcome to the forum!

The 1911 is my second favorite pistol.

tomaustin · 12-30-2013, 10:46 PM

are you trying to make us out to be normal people?? we have ALL done that...........welcome aboard, tom

ithacaartist · 12-31-2013, 12:02 AM

Hiya Wade, welcome.

I laud your approach to Luger acquisition. Attending some classes and seminars at Luger U. is always a great idea--and it beats the heck out of paying two or three times what a pistol might be worth! At the WTS section here , whatever you decide you want as a shoot-able example will very likely appear eventually. Meantime, absorb what you can, maybe even buy one of the better reference books, but, above all have fun!

David Parker

XTR · 12-31-2013, 01:02 AM

Thanks ithacaartist. I realize that anything associated with Nazi Germany and WWII has a potential collector value and a high potential to be overvalued if one doesn't take the time to learn to be able to tell the diamonds from the rocks.

I do plan to keep an eye on the sales forum here. I've got an idea what I want to get (at least for my first one). Something with a good bore, probably something that has been refinished and thus killed any real collectable value that I can shoot w/o feeling like I'm hurting the value every time I take it to the range. And to keep the OCD monkey in his cage it would be nice if at least all the numbers that I can see w/o taking the pistol apart matched. I looked at a picture recently of a perfectly nice shootable P08 that had a mismatched extractor (at least I think it's the extractor on top of the linkage); I realized that would drive me batty.

I have a nice in the box PPK/S ('74) but other than that every auto I own is a 45ACP. I always thought that it would be neat to put together a trio of German 9mms and get a P08, a P38, and a Highpower. All shooters to start with. Then a friend got a P38 for Christmas and I got involved with helping him sort what it was, and it kick started my thoughts on getting the 9mm set. As a result I've joined up here and on the P.38 forums to try to get some education.

ithacaartist · 12-31-2013, 02:03 AM

I like to call mine collectible shooters, e.g. a 1917 Artillery, all-matching, unnumbered grips and mismatched mag. Its finish is really nice, with lots of straw color remaining on the small parts. Oops! Some dingbat ground off the stock lug! So, I get to shoot it in good conscience, substituting spares for the most vulnerable parts, without fear of obliterating history by ruining a collectable. Its smooth back-strap kills any chance it had for meeting the basic criteria for a pistol which otherwise have been valued North of $2k

I forgot to mention before...Lugers are addictive.

D.P..

12-30-2013, 05:14 PM	#1
XTR User Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hello from a new member Just dropping a first post. I've been a 1911 guy for as long as I can remember, don't collect 'em, I shoot 'em. Lately I've been getting the bug to pick up a P38 and/or a P08 to add to the safe. Not in a rush, and I'm probably thinking shooters, not so much looking for collectables, at least at this point. So I thought I'd take the time to read and learn some things before I ran out and paid a silly sum of $$ for something that I shouldn't. Based on the number of sticky threads here I have a lot of reading to do. Wade

12-30-2013, 06:28 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,960 Thanks: 2,062 Thanked 4,591 Times in 2,114 Posts	Wade, welcome to the forum! The 1911 is my second favorite pistol. __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

12-30-2013, 10:46 PM	#3
tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 522 Times in 201 Posts	learn some things before I ran out and paid a silly sum of $$ for something that I sh are you trying to make us out to be normal people?? we have ALL done that...........welcome aboard, tom

12-31-2013, 12:02 AM	#4
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,368 Thanks: 7,432 Thanked 2,611 Times in 1,378 Posts	Hiya Wade, welcome. I laud your approach to Luger acquisition. Attending some classes and seminars at Luger U. is always a great idea--and it beats the heck out of paying two or three times what a pistol might be worth! At the WTS section here , whatever you decide you want as a shoot-able example will very likely appear eventually. Meantime, absorb what you can, maybe even buy one of the better reference books, but, above all have fun! David Parker __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

12-31-2013, 02:03 AM	#6
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,368 Thanks: 7,432 Thanked 2,611 Times in 1,378 Posts	I like to call mine collectible shooters, e.g. a 1917 Artillery, all-matching, unnumbered grips and mismatched mag. Its finish is really nice, with lots of straw color remaining on the small parts. Oops! Some dingbat ground off the stock lug! So, I get to shoot it in good conscience, substituting spares for the most vulnerable parts, without fear of obliterating history by ruining a collectable. Its smooth back-strap kills any chance it had for meeting the basic criteria for a pistol which otherwise have been valued North of $2k I forgot to mention before...Lugers are addictive. D.P.. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

12-31-2013, 01:02 AM	#5
XTR User Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks ithacaartist. I realize that anything associated with Nazi Germany and WWII has a potential collector value and a high potential to be overvalued if one doesn't take the time to learn to be able to tell the diamonds from the rocks. I do plan to keep an eye on the sales forum here. I've got an idea what I want to get (at least for my first one). Something with a good bore, probably something that has been refinished and thus killed any real collectable value that I can shoot w/o feeling like I'm hurting the value every time I take it to the range. And to keep the OCD monkey in his cage it would be nice if at least all the numbers that I can see w/o taking the pistol apart matched. I looked at a picture recently of a perfectly nice shootable P08 that had a mismatched extractor (at least I think it's the extractor on top of the linkage); I realized that would drive me batty. I have a nice in the box PPK/S ('74) but other than that every auto I own is a 45ACP. I always thought that it would be neat to put together a trio of German 9mms and get a P08, a P38, and a Highpower. All shooters to start with. Then a friend got a P38 for Christmas and I got involved with helping him sort what it was, and it kick started my thoughts on getting the 9mm set. As a result I've joined up here and on the P.38 forums to try to get some education.

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