Value of reblued Luger

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

I believe a 1916 DWM luger can be an excellent choice for a shooter.
I see extractors and ejectors as expendable and replaceable parts in a shooter; along with springs and grips.



I have a half dozen WW1 shooters. I also have also experienced 100% of my breakage on them. Expense? Extractors, ejectors, bolts..all kind of spendy saying nothing about traveling to a range for several hours of shooting only to have expensive parts fly off. THEN if you are NOT a Luger mechanic..you have another expensive trip to a gunsmith.

I guess really one could say a late Swiss might be the best shooter..less likely to break. But Luger's DO break and WW1 Luger's in my experience break a LOT more frequently that most people think.

You would think an "anal" person could see the logic of my position! Course I ain't blaming the Author of my days. I own it all.

I count myself fortunate to have not "broken" any luger parts(all I shoot are WWI or Weimar vintage-since I don't collect Mauser lugers); well except the one breech block that was entirely my fault when "experimenting"- and it is fixed now.

That was trying to make a .32 acp luger(just to see if I could) and I let the headspace get way to "long". Even my .45 conversion on a normal WWI P08 didn't break any parts.

I have found broken or missing parts in luger pistols I have bought though.

My range trips are successful, since I always take at least two shooter lugers and maybe a third- and usually a fourth of something else- since 4 pistols fit into my shooting box. Along with several magazines and more than one brand of ammo. That must me the result of anality.

If you have a spare, one usually never breaks a part!
Murphy's law in reverse.