Question about LP-08 hold-open

Lugerdoc · 09-23-2009, 09:17 AM

Ron, I agree that many lugers did come back from the wars with replacement parts, even to the extent of a top half from one gun and a lower from another. I doubt that you would want to pay as much for this later example as one that was "as originally issued". So IMHO, one with only one mismatch high breakage part, war trophy, is also not "aoi". It's just a matter of degree, like being a "a little bit pregnant". Either you are or you aren't. Years ago, I sold a 1917 LPO8 with a mismatched trigger, that I had had in my safe for 5 years looking for a match, @$750 when the market for a matching one was $1,000. I thought that this was fair to both me and the buyer. TH

09-23-2009, 09:17 AM	#15
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Ron, I agree that many lugers did come back from the wars with replacement parts, even to the extent of a top half from one gun and a lower from another. I doubt that you would want to pay as much for this later example as one that was "as originally issued". So IMHO, one with only one mismatch high breakage part, war trophy, is also not "aoi". It's just a matter of degree, like being a "a little bit pregnant". Either you are or you aren't. Years ago, I sold a 1917 LPO8 with a mismatched trigger, that I had had in my safe for 5 years looking for a match, @$750 when the market for a matching one was $1,000. I thought that this was fair to both me and the buyer. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net