G Date Shooter

[Kyrie]

Originally Posted by alvin

From trading perspective, there is no good gun, no bad gun. Any gun can earn profit is a winner. There are many factors, but the key is usually its acquisition price. Nice original item, if it costs too much, loses money, it's still a loser. But that's just one perspective on this hobby.

For shooting, this is not an original gun, lacking fun of shooting original gun though. Of course, it still can bang, bang.

Well and truly stated, Alvin. Having noticed that shooter Lugers are appreciating at a rate of 10% - 15% a year I've decided to diversify a part of my retirement savings into a dozen or so such guns. I'm looking for 1) completely functional guns that will run a magazine of ammo without flaw, 2) preferably matching but at least without any mismatched part likely to cause functional problems, and 3) a price on each and every gun that will permit its immediate sale on consignment at a local shop at a price that will let me break even.

This G date gun is, I think, a good example of the kind of Luger I'm looking for.

Unfortunately I have enough collector blood in me that I get sucked into interesting guns for which I end up paying a premium. That premium may make it difficult to realize the kind of profit I want on resale. The Simson, of which I posted pictures a little while ago, is an example of a gun on which I may or may not make money if I find I need to sell it any time soon. There is another gun, a Luger with Cyrillic proof, that may be financially problematic if I need to do a quick sale (I'll put up photos of this one shortly).