Is it ok to get a $2000 Luger... then shoot it often?

Ron Wood · 02-22-2011, 03:09 AM

It may not be risky at all...you may get away with it. On the other hand, you are shooting a gun that cost $2000 and is 70 to 100 years old...you break a major part and it is worth $300 to $600. So go ahead and put 1000-2000 rounds through it. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me but it is your money. But for every one you break, that is one less piece of history that survived...and makes the remaining survivors worth just a little bit more while yours is worth bupkis.
And remember, for fine collectable pieces we are not the owner, just the current caretaker. Destroying a collector piece deprives future generations of the opportunity to collect. But perhaps you are only concerned with your interest and the future can take care of itself.

02-22-2011, 03:09 AM	#2
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: 1,121 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	It may not be risky at all...you may get away with it. On the other hand, you are shooting a gun that cost $2000 and is 70 to 100 years old...you break a major part and it is worth $300 to $600. So go ahead and put 1000-2000 rounds through it. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me but it is your money. But for every one you break, that is one less piece of history that survived...and makes the remaining survivors worth just a little bit more while yours is worth bupkis. And remember, for fine collectable pieces we are not the owner, just the current caretaker. Destroying a collector piece deprives future generations of the opportunity to collect. But perhaps you are only concerned with your interest and the future can take care of itself. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction