Collector vs. Shooter - Page 2

Don M · 02-23-2016, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Don,
You are in a minority of at least two!

Wow! It's starting to get crowded.

Caferacer · 03-07-2016, 12:47 AM

#3 here
now its a crowd
I only collect shooters
Some I own and shoot are 150+ years old

alvin · 03-07-2016, 01:08 AM

Special markings adds some value. But still need to watch out for the overall availability, condition and price.

ithacaartist · 03-07-2016, 11:19 PM

Since shooters are basically the only category of Luger collection my meager piggy bank can handle, such is life. At this point I don't need any more anxiety, so it's nice to blast away with relatively little of it that shooters present. I suppose, though, one prioritizes among them, and some get shot more than others.

My Mecklenburg Waffenfabrik '06 AE X 6" X 7.65 is currently the busiest, followed by the 1917 9mm military-turned (I"'m pretty sure.)-police.

The stainless P.08 has been out to play a few times, and the 6" 9mm Swiss frame, which I believe is the 29/70, had the .22 conversion kit installed for a couple of years, so it's seen some gentle use.

I've shot my pitted M1900 commercial (and its counterpart the stainless 1900/2000), the really nice long frame '06AE, and the 1917 LP.08 sans stock lug--but not a lot, maybe a half dozen mags.

Erma toggle pistols and small frame Llamas, that's another post in itself.

03-07-2016, 12:47 AM	#22
Caferacer User Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 60 Thanks: 96 Thanked 25 Times in 13 Posts	#3 here now its a crowd I only collect shooters Some I own and shoot are 150+ years old Last edited by Caferacer; 03-07-2016 at 02:26 PM.

03-07-2016, 11:19 PM	#24
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,400 Thanks: 7,555 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,393 Posts	Since shooters are basically the only category of Luger collection my meager piggy bank can handle, such is life. At this point I don't need any more anxiety, so it's nice to blast away with relatively little of it that shooters present. I suppose, though, one prioritizes among them, and some get shot more than others. My Mecklenburg Waffenfabrik '06 AE X 6" X 7.65 is currently the busiest, followed by the 1917 9mm military-turned (I"'m pretty sure.)-police. The stainless P.08 has been out to play a few times, and the 6" 9mm Swiss frame, which I believe is the 29/70, had the .22 conversion kit installed for a couple of years, so it's seen some gentle use. I've shot my pitted M1900 commercial (and its counterpart the stainless 1900/2000), the really nice long frame '06AE, and the 1917 LP.08 sans stock lug--but not a lot, maybe a half dozen mags. Erma toggle pistols and small frame Llamas, that's another post in itself. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

03-07-2016, 01:08 AM	#23
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Special markings adds some value. But still need to watch out for the overall availability, condition and price.