New to the LugerForum w/my 1915 DWM

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if a matching part breaks it will greatly reduce the value. And you will be destroying a bit of history that has survived for almost 100 years. It's a unit marked pistol..only a small percentage of 1915 Lugers were unit marked. Due to some design flaws that were corrected by Mauser when they started production, DWM 1915 Lugers are more prone to breakage than later Mauser Lugers. The extractor is particularly delicate.
I know the desire to fire it is strong but every shot is a risk. Your gun, your money but you are the historical caretaker of this Military artifact from so long ago. My advice is to maintain your duty to history..keep it intact and unbroken.
A couple of alternatives..find a shooter that you can shoot and if a part breaks..OK. You can replace it with another mismatched but working part and carry on. No harm.
Another is to sell or trade your all matching unit marked pistol to a collector who would NEVER DREAM of shooting it..Get a shooter..get some cash. Shoot all day long!
Borrow a shooter. One Luger shoots like another. In a blind test you would never know the difference, like Luger to like.
Just different points of view for your consideration and welcome to the Forum!