Is it ok to get a $2000 Luger... then shoot it often?

Edward Tinker · 02-22-2011, 03:26 AM

There are just too many shooter ones out there to buy and shoot than purposely buy a collectable one and shoot it?

I have broken a breachblock, extractor and chipped grips, and I am not a huge shooter. None of those were my collector pieces.

I know guys that buy a nice collectible piece and by gum go and shoot it. Thats their choice.

I will say that my first luger, which I still have is a 1914 Erfurt artillery, it was buffed hard and reblued. Not a bad reblue and after the last 20 years of occasional shooting, it would pass as a 97% original, if it had been 'restored' and not buffed and all reblued....

02-22-2011, 03:26 AM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,974 Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 4,609 Times in 2,123 Posts	There are just too many shooter ones out there to buy and shoot than purposely buy a collectable one and shoot it? I have broken a breachblock, extractor and chipped grips, and I am not a huge shooter. None of those were my collector pieces. I know guys that buy a nice collectible piece and by gum go and shoot it. Thats their choice. I will say that my first luger, which I still have is a 1914 Erfurt artillery, it was buffed hard and reblued. Not a bad reblue and after the last 20 years of occasional shooting, it would pass as a 97% original, if it had been 'restored' and not buffed and all reblued.... __________________ 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

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