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[Aaron]

Many, many years ago, when I was a novice collector of Lugers, I owned an absolutely mint, fully matching (including mag) 1911 example. It was the absolute jewel of my collection, something I treasured and loved to show off. After I owned it a couple of years for some silly reason I decided to test fire it. Well, it stovepiped most of the time and was just completely reliable. After about 100 rounds of commercial ammo I just gave up. In those days we knew llittle about proper ammo choice, so it was most probably a simple matter of choosing the wrong fodder. From then on, I lost all respect for that weapon, and couldn't even look at it any more. Eventually I let it go at a giveaway price. How I wish I had never fired that pistol. I would probably still own it today! It has been at least 50 years since I have subject one of my collector pieces to such callous treatment.