Finnish Luger price?

[DavidJayUden]

Welcome aboard!
Check it carefully for import marks. Sometimes they are very tiny and in inconspicuous places, on the boottom of the frame rail, etc.
It does seem like a lot of money, but if it has the features you want, and if it is a well serviced pistol that will last lots of rounds, then why not? Changing barrels alone will cost you several hundred dollars.
So, in a perfect world the price seems a bit high, but that seems to be what they are asking for those guns, and this isn't a perfect world. Time for you to do a gut check.
Good luck.
dju

[sheepherder]

You didn't say if it was a face-to-face deal, or Internet auction [GB, AA, etc]...Do you need to pay sales tax? Shipping? FFL fee?

I happen to be a big fan of the Finnish Lugers, and the Tikkakoski 4 3/4" barreled ones especially...$1095 without any other fees sounds reasonable to me...

...My $.02...

[Angus Magnus]

It would be total price including shipping, no tax, and my FFL charges $15.

I have not seen it in person, but the seller assures it is not marked for import.

I have been looking for a while and the finns dont seem to come up for sale too often.

Does anyone have a rough estimate how many finn lugers there are and how many of those came into the states?

[Angus Magnus]

Took your advice and committed to the purchase!

I've drooled over the long barreled Finns since I first saw them come in. When was that, 2006?

Would it be sacrilege to have Thor refinish it or at least straw the small parts since it has been arsenal refinished before?

What I mean is, are the Finn Lugers automatically viewed as shooters and I can mess with the finish with a free conscience, or does the cheap arsenal refinish have collectability all it's own?

Pics will of course be forthcoming as soon as it arrives.

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally Posted by Angus Magnus

Took your advice and committed to the purchase!

I've drooled over the long barreled Finns since I first saw them come in. When was that, 2006?

Would it be sacrilege to have Thor refinish it or at least straw the small parts since it has been arsenal refinished before?

What I mean is, are the Finn Lugers automatically viewed as shooters and I can mess with the finish with a free conscience, or does the cheap arsenal refinish have collectability all it's own?

Pics will of course be forthcoming as soon as it arrives.

This will, of course, be a matter of opinion--mine, in this case.

Finnish Lugers fall into the categorical crack of being collection-worthy, but generally in a condition sufficiently distressed that shooting will not harm them.

From the pictures, this appears to be a nice example, in pretty good shape. An "arsenal refinish" is authentic; a modern reblue makes just a re-blued gun. Refinishing it in any manner will wreck its collectibility, reduce its collector value by thirty to 50 percent, make it a real shooter-only-quality gun.

Looking forward to seeing the pictures when the gun is finally in your hands.

--Dwight