Question about LP-08 hold-open

Ron Wood · 08-20-2009, 12:13 AM

You know, I may be nuts but I have been collecting for over fifty years and I'll be darned if I will let a mis-matched firing pin, holdopen device, grip or magazine keep me from buying a nice example of a variation. Having a "type' example in good shape adds to the completeness of a collection. I'm not into it for the big bucks but for the sheer excitement of sticking to my collecting goals and hunting down the elusive missing piece. An un-numbered part may make a piece slightly more desirable for some folks, but a mis-matched internal part isn't anything to worry about as far as I am concerned. When I started collecting it was just a thrill to find a nice example of a Luger I didn't have. I have owned a bunch of fun Lugers that were less than perfect but they made me happy. The current trend of tearing a gun apart for a minor discrepancy and declaring it a dirt cheap shooter is silly and has taken the sheer joy of collecting away. Everybody is in it for investment and the money it will eventually bring. Carpe momentum...and have fun.

08-20-2009, 12:13 AM	#6
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,120 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	You know, I may be nuts but I have been collecting for over fifty years and I'll be darned if I will let a mis-matched firing pin, holdopen device, grip or magazine keep me from buying a nice example of a variation. Having a "type' example in good shape adds to the completeness of a collection. I'm not into it for the big bucks but for the sheer excitement of sticking to my collecting goals and hunting down the elusive missing piece. An un-numbered part may make a piece slightly more desirable for some folks, but a mis-matched internal part isn't anything to worry about as far as I am concerned. When I started collecting it was just a thrill to find a nice example of a Luger I didn't have. I have owned a bunch of fun Lugers that were less than perfect but they made me happy. The current trend of tearing a gun apart for a minor discrepancy and declaring it a dirt cheap shooter is silly and has taken the sheer joy of collecting away. Everybody is in it for investment and the money it will eventually bring. Carpe momentum...and have fun. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction Last edited by Ron Wood; 08-21-2009 at 02:05 PM.