Help me out fellas

ithacaartist · 02-24-2014, 12:06 AM

Drew,

If the Luger is all-matching and decent shape, the new, mis-matched barrel would relegate it to shooter category. But as a functioning shooter, mostly matching, and decent shape, it would still likely approach $1k in value, give or take. $80 for a NOS DWM barrel sounds like a smokin' deal. If you can live with the bottom line after all is working again, then go for it!

If your sights are set on a WWIII vintage, then probably best to pass it on to a good home while you're looking for that Mauser-made version. Unless you're stuck on the war history aspect of it, you should also consider one of the 70s Mausers, in which you'd encounter optimal metallurgical characteristics, and likely a gun that is very like new, and no worry about breaking a numbered small part.

tomaustin · 02-24-2014, 12:28 AM

I don't ever want a WWIII vintage weapon of any kind.........

ithacaartist · 02-24-2014, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by tomaustin

I don't ever want a WWIII vintage weapon of any kind.........

Neither do I!! But I'll leave the typo intact in hopes that it helps prevent such a thing from ever happening...

sheepherder · 02-24-2014, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by tomaustin

I don't ever want a WWIII vintage weapon of any kind.........

Ha! I too missed that the first time around!

What's that old joke..."I don't know what weapons WW III will be fought with, but WW IV will be fought with sticks & stones"...

MFC · 02-28-2014, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by sheepherder

What's that old joke..."I don't know what weapons WW III will be fought with, but WW IV will be fought with sticks & stones"...

IIRC, Albert Einstein said it... no joke.

02-24-2014, 12:06 AM	#1
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,400 Thanks: 7,556 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,393 Posts	Drew, If the Luger is all-matching and decent shape, the new, mis-matched barrel would relegate it to shooter category. But as a functioning shooter, mostly matching, and decent shape, it would still likely approach $1k in value, give or take. $80 for a NOS DWM barrel sounds like a smokin' deal. If you can live with the bottom line after all is working again, then go for it! If your sights are set on a WWIII vintage, then probably best to pass it on to a good home while you're looking for that Mauser-made version. Unless you're stuck on the war history aspect of it, you should also consider one of the 70s Mausers, in which you'd encounter optimal metallurgical characteristics, and likely a gun that is very like new, and no worry about breaking a numbered small part. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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02-24-2014, 12:28 AM	#2
tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 523 Times in 202 Posts	I don't ever want a WWIII vintage weapon of any kind.........