Talking to an older Luger collector

[mrerick]

Remember that the source for many Lugers in the United States back in the 1950's was GI bring back pistols. The formally captured ones were being used by European police and military organizations.

That soon after the war, some of the GI's were selling their bring back pistols to raise money to live on or to satisfy debts, but I would guess that the majority of them were being held as war trophies and souvenirs.

There has always been a mix of conditions ranging from pristing factory state guns that may have never been issued, to parts guns assembled from field pickups. If you had more than one, which would you give up first?

Fast forward to today, the one thing we do know is that there will not be new ones, and many of the bring back pistols have come to market as a result of the passing of the greatest generation.