Worth of German Luger P08 - never been fired, all matching serial #s.

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by cnv2855

http://www.auctionarms.com/closed/di...mnum=9220508.0

This gun is half as old, has no WW2 history, was made in peacetime during the 70s, and is worth twice as much as this 41/42?

sorry, apples and oranges...

Every gun is worth a different price. I am always amused that the Japanese collector friends of mine, feel they got taken when they spend $500 on a Arisaka.... Yet a "shooter" luger is worth $500-$700

As a shooter, everything depends on how nice it looks,
how it feels, how it is mismatched, reblued etc. I have found a "pretty" gun will sell twice as fast as an honest, but well used luger at a show.

Ed

PS: Almost every dealer, who doesn't have several lugers, thinks they are worth $2000-$4000

But as others have said, if these same dealers saw what the selling price actually was on gunbroker, instead of what is asked, yet never sells...