Cole Dist . russian capture Lugers

Robert W. Simms · 10-21-2003, 07:31 PM

Even though Dwight Gruber disagrees with me, I still say that $600 is pretty much the lower threshold for a nice "shooter". The cheapest shooter that I have seen in two years sold yesterday on Auction Arms for $454.00. This was a thoroughly mismatched DWM, buffed and re-blued, with aftermarket replacement barrel & magazine, repro grips, and import stamp. That's a lot of negatives, even though the seller stated that it functioned well. The gun would probably rate NRA Very Good, condition-wise. I think the various on-line firearms auction brokers have re-established the lower end for all firearms in general. There are enough people out there with auction fever that dealers & individuals are getting more for their guns than ever before, but that has established a new de-facto value for the firearms market as a whole. If the Luger Tdicken bought is indeed NRA Excellent, then my bet is that someone else would have paid $800 for if he had not bought it. In my mind that makes it an $800 Luger. I mean, if enough people are routinely paying asking price then isn't that an accurate reflection of an item's true value?

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10-21-2003, 07:31 PM	#5
Robert W. Simms User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Mount Juliet, TN Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Even though Dwight Gruber disagrees with me, I still say that $600 is pretty much the lower threshold for a nice "shooter". The cheapest shooter that I have seen in two years sold yesterday on Auction Arms for $454.00. This was a thoroughly mismatched DWM, buffed and re-blued, with aftermarket replacement barrel & magazine, repro grips, and import stamp. That's a lot of negatives, even though the seller stated that it functioned well. The gun would probably rate NRA Very Good, condition-wise. I think the various on-line firearms auction brokers have re-established the lower end for all firearms in general. There are enough people out there with auction fever that dealers & individuals are getting more for their guns than ever before, but that has established a new de-facto value for the firearms market as a whole. If the Luger Tdicken bought is indeed NRA Excellent, then my bet is that someone else would have paid $800 for if he had not bought it. In my mind that makes it an $800 Luger. I mean, if enough people are routinely paying asking price then isn't that an accurate reflection of an item's true value?