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ithacaartist · 12-31-2013, 02:03 AM

I like to call mine collectible shooters, e.g. a 1917 Artillery, all-matching, unnumbered grips and mismatched mag. Its finish is really nice, with lots of straw color remaining on the small parts. Oops! Some dingbat ground off the stock lug! So, I get to shoot it in good conscience, substituting spares for the most vulnerable parts, without fear of obliterating history by ruining a collectable. Its smooth back-strap kills any chance it had for meeting the basic criteria for a pistol which otherwise have been valued North of $2k

I forgot to mention before...Lugers are addictive.

D.P..

12-31-2013, 02:03 AM	#6
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,386 Thanks: 7,469 Thanked 2,617 Times in 1,382 Posts	I like to call mine collectible shooters, e.g. a 1917 Artillery, all-matching, unnumbered grips and mismatched mag. Its finish is really nice, with lots of straw color remaining on the small parts. Oops! Some dingbat ground off the stock lug! So, I get to shoot it in good conscience, substituting spares for the most vulnerable parts, without fear of obliterating history by ruining a collectable. Its smooth back-strap kills any chance it had for meeting the basic criteria for a pistol which otherwise have been valued North of $2k I forgot to mention before...Lugers are addictive. D.P.. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894