Question about a Luger

DavidJayUden · 01-20-2014, 07:49 PM

I'm kind of scared to venture a guess without seeing the rest of it, but personally $700 would be a bit over the top for me, too. Probably worth $500 as a shooter project.
You can bead blast it and satin blue it, probably covering the small stuff with the matt finish, but without extensive metal work you will end up with a pitted shooter.
It would be interesting to see how much our Thor would guestimate a restoration at. It would be time consuming to full the pits, and work them back down before bluing. But if it is a matching BYF it may be worth $1500 plus once done. But it is definitely not easy money...
dju

01-20-2014, 07:49 PM	#8
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	I'm kind of scared to venture a guess without seeing the rest of it, but personally $700 would be a bit over the top for me, too. Probably worth $500 as a shooter project. You can bead blast it and satin blue it, probably covering the small stuff with the matt finish, but without extensive metal work you will end up with a pitted shooter. It would be interesting to see how much our Thor would guestimate a restoration at. It would be time consuming to full the pits, and work them back down before bluing. But if it is a matching BYF it may be worth $1500 plus once done. But it is definitely not easy money... dju