Looking for First Luger Purchase Advice

[Lugermeister]

Originally Posted by mrerick

Part of collecting Lugers is studying the history of them. You cannot expect someone else to use their expertise to judge a purchase accurately based only on Internet listings and photographs.

All the time invested in study has a value, and much of the knowledge is being provided without obligation here.

The reason I sent you the link to the FAQ is that it contains years of accumulated knowledge about Lugers that will help you develop knowledge and judgment yourself.

The alternative is to find a reputable retail dealer, and pay them their price for a Luger that they will stand behind. Even then problems can happen, but a reputable dealer will take back a Luger that was misrepresented.

An honest collector listing a pistol here will be a better value, but could involve risk to the buyer since we're not in business to buy and sell guns.

Online auctions and gun shows are probably the most risky places to acquire a Luger - especially if you don't have the experience to evaluate one.

Marc

Thanks for your help and suggestion. With other rifles and pistols, I have a fair idea of reputable dealers and those ot so reputable. Many do not have Lugers and I thought I may get a start by getting responses, not about, "You would do well with 1, 4, etc. Rather, I was hoping that the comments may come such as:

"Notice on #1 the following:
"On #3, you can see that:

I have been reading "Stickies" and learned a lot and I'm certainly grateful for your comments. A couple of books are on the way!

Great to be here!

Regards to all!

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Lugermeister

Thanks for your help and suggestion. With other rifles and pistols, I have a fair idea of reputable dealers and those ot so reputable. Many do not have Lugers and I thought I may get a start by getting responses, not about, "You would do well with 1, 4, etc. Rather, I was hoping that the comments may come such as:

"Notice on #1 the following:
"On #3, you can see that:

I have been reading "Stickies" and learned a lot and I'm certainly grateful for your comments. A couple of books are on the way!

Great to be here!

Regards to all!

There are hundreds of threads here that explain what you are looking for, read them all. Don't laugh, before my first post I read All the posts, took weeks, then I didn't have to ask the questions that had just be asked or answered many times.

You will learn a lot from the pictures and explanations that are posted, questions one never knew existed.

[Sky Zero]

Originally Posted by Pistol

#5 is misrepresented as black widow, but looks like a commercial with a Germany stamp.
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A black widow is the invention of a clever salesman. Germany never had such a thing

[Pistol]

Yes ....just pointing out this gun is not what is typically considered a "Black Widow".....either intentionally or not by the clever or not so clever seller.