Talking to an older Luger collector

4 Scale · 02-12-2017, 07:35 PM

For a newer collector the advice to get a shooter is sound. You'll learn about the pistol and it will help you discover where your interests lie. Re: affordable collectible or nice shooter, I'd lean in the shooter direction for a first Luger.

Lugers are not fragile. Like anything mechanical they may require adjustment and parts replacement at times.

On parts swapping -sometimes things fit and sometimes they don't. While Lugers were finely machined for their time, in general manufacturing is far more precise nowadays. Luger parts were hand-fitted at the factory to accommodate the manufacturing variances. I wouldn't advise a new collector to swap parts.

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02-12-2017, 07:35 PM	#1
4 Scale User Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 544 Thanks: 194 Thanked 490 Times in 251 Posts	For a newer collector the advice to get a shooter is sound. You'll learn about the pistol and it will help you discover where your interests lie. Re: affordable collectible or nice shooter, I'd lean in the shooter direction for a first Luger. Lugers are not fragile. Like anything mechanical they may require adjustment and parts replacement at times. On parts swapping -sometimes things fit and sometimes they don't. While Lugers were finely machined for their time, in general manufacturing is far more precise nowadays. Luger parts were hand-fitted at the factory to accommodate the manufacturing variances. I wouldn't advise a new collector to swap parts.