Shooter vs collector

Vlim · 04-08-2017, 08:53 AM

Hi, it's a nice restoration, reblued and buffed slightly before the reblueing. So that would place it in the 'shooter grade' category and you have paid a high price for it.

That said: Collections and the nature and basis of collections very: Some collect quality items which are all correct, others, like myself, collect representative examples for research purposes. So I will pick up guns that will not be considered 'true collecting material' at times, because the guns have properties that attract my attention in one way or another. Sometimes, guns in original condition are impossible to find and/or too expensive to be within reach, and one can settle for a less perfect, but still representative example for research/analysis/testing purposes.

To complicate matters further, there are R&D pistols that have been R&D'd considerably and then some. These guns, coming from gun company departments are absolutely collectable, but usually look like a train drove over them a few times. It goes with the territory, and I will never pass up on an original company R&D gun in any condition.

Anyway, it's not a black and white situation, there are numerous shades of grey in between.

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04-08-2017, 08:53 AM	#1
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, it's a nice restoration, reblued and buffed slightly before the reblueing. So that would place it in the 'shooter grade' category and you have paid a high price for it. That said: Collections and the nature and basis of collections very: Some collect quality items which are all correct, others, like myself, collect representative examples for research purposes. So I will pick up guns that will not be considered 'true collecting material' at times, because the guns have properties that attract my attention in one way or another. Sometimes, guns in original condition are impossible to find and/or too expensive to be within reach, and one can settle for a less perfect, but still representative example for research/analysis/testing purposes. To complicate matters further, there are R&D pistols that have been R&D'd considerably and then some. These guns, coming from gun company departments are absolutely collectable, but usually look like a train drove over them a few times. It goes with the territory, and I will never pass up on an original company R&D gun in any condition. Anyway, it's not a black and white situation, there are numerous shades of grey in between.