Finding a Decent Luger.......

[zinfull]

Mostly what?

PPK, PP, HSc,

[Lavalamp117]

Subscribed. This is a fantastic thread! I too am looking for a Luger in the future - sadly I can't drop $1000+ for another piece right now though. Hopefully by the time I can, they won't cost double that.

I don't mean to threadjack, but has there been a somewhat established price creep rate for shooters/collectible Lugers? I am somewhat new to the C&R world and bought an all-matching Russian SKS for $350 in 2012, sold it for $550 in 2014, and now they are over $6-700...

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Subscribed. This is a fantastic thread!

It will be even better when I am able to find a decent Luger that does not result in me living on Top Ramen cooked with reclaimed water heated with a disposable bic lighter under a freeway overpass for a year.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

And since this is CA and I will have to keep said Luger locked up in a secure place, I will be forced to defend my living space from encroaching bath salt fueled aggro-hobos hell bent on eating my ramen with nothing more than a wooden spoon and fearful morning breath.

[trob]

For those prices I should start selling. The going price for a shooter is $800 and a good shape low end collectible is $1200. Atfter that the price rises and condition with scarcity means big bucks. Check out Checkpoint Charley, he is out of Wisconsin and has a very high rating in the Luger community and is less expensive as Simpsons.

Yup, i sold my 1923 commercial re-blue shooter in .30 luger for $800 on here 5 or 6 years ago. That price range seems pretty reasonable to me.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Yup, i sold my 1923 commercial re-blue shooter in .30 luger for $800 on here 5 or 6 years ago. That price range seems pretty reasonable to me.

I was initially sticking to 9mm as a requirement, but I have since read that the .30 Luger is a neat caliber and the original chambering. More costly than 9mm to be sure, but it is not as if I will be taking 3 day pistol classes with a Luger!

[Mojaveman]

Your question about collecting Third Reich Militaria was interesting.

Thirty seven years ago when I was a very young GI in Germany during the Cold War one could still find helmets, bayonets, Iron Crosses, etc. at the many flea markets over there. I acquired a pretty good collection of stuff by the time that I came back home.

Many years later when I was older and more mature I questioned why I had bought all of those things. I had an epiphany of sorts and sold it all to a collector for much more than I had bought it for.

Had a beautiful Walther P-38 for a while but it was removed from my home late one night when I wasn't there.

Does anybody remember when Turner's had all of the Russian capture Lugers for sale about 20 years ago? I'm kicking myself now because I recall that they weren't that expensive.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Your question about collecting Third Reich Militaria was interesting.

Thirty seven years ago when I was a very young GI in Germany during the Cold War one could still find helmets, bayonets, Iron Crosses, etc. at the many flea markets over there. I acquired a pretty good collection of stuff by the time that I came back home.

Many years later when I was older and more mature I questioned why I had bought all of those things. I had an epiphany of sorts and sold it all to a collector for much more than I had bought it for.

Had a beautiful Walther P-38 for a while but it was removed from my home late one dark night when I wasn't there.

Does anybody remember when Turner's had all of the Russian capture Lugers for sale about 20 years ago? I'm kicking myself now because I recall that they weren't that expensive.

Thanks for your service! I had the fortune to spend a very brief time in Germany as a soldier as well. I never saw a trace of anything nazi-era, but I get the fact that Germany wants that period in the rear view as much as possible..

I enjoyed the time there so much that I have been planning to go back as a vacationer. I am hoping all the refugee chaos gets settled though because I won't go until it seems safe. Completely non-gun related, but I brought back a couple of really nice steins and a bunch of plates and stuff, all of which is sitting over my bar.

I don't have too much, but I have a nice (presumably) bring-back P-38 and about 8 K98's, some RC's and Yugo reworks. I do have one that is all matching except the wood and non-import marked. The only drag is that appears to have been reblued at some point, but it is a really cool specimen:

[rdfact]

Forgotten Weapons published an interesting video about 3 weeks ago on the development of the Luger, its variations, and how it was derived from the Borchardt.
Dang it, now I want one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIX1EL1hTmE

[smle-man]

Thanks for your service! I had the fortune to spend a very brief time in Germany as a soldier as well. I never saw a trace of anything nazi-era, but I get the fact that Germany wants that period in the rear view as much as possible..

I enjoyed the time there so much that I have been planning to go back as a vacationer. I am hoping all the refugee chaos gets settled though because I won't go until it seems safe. Completely non-gun related, but I brought back a couple of really nice steins and a bunch of plates and stuff, all of which is sitting over my bar.

I don't have too much, but I have a nice (presumably) bring-back P-38 and about 8 K98's, some RC's and Yugo reworks. I do have one that is all matching except the wood and non-import marked. The only drag is that appears to have been reblued at some point, but it is a really cool specimen:

When I was there as a GI in the late 70s the only Nazi era stuff I saw were the former German Kasernes that we were using and the German military artwork remaining in some of the facilities from that era.

[2761377]

Your question about collecting Third Reich Militaria was interesting.

Thirty seven years ago when I was a very young GI in Germany during the Cold War one could still find helmets, bayonets, Iron Crosses, etc. at the many flea markets over there. I acquired a pretty good collection of stuff by the time that I came back home.

Many years later when I was older and more mature I questioned why I had bought all of those things. I had an epiphany of sorts and sold it all to a collector for much more than I had bought it for.

Had a beautiful Walther P-38 for a while but it was removed from my home late one dark night when I wasn't there.

Does anybody remember when Turner's had all of the Russian capture Lugers for sale about 20 years ago? I'm kicking myself now because I recall that they weren't that expensive.

Yes. I was working at the Orange store when they came through. Stop kicking yourself, they were junk. mis-matched, crummy bores, import marked and that gross commie re-park.

[omega]

Russian capture Lugers circa 1990's imports?

Yes. I was working at the Orange store when they came through. Stop kicking yourself, they were junk. mis-matched, crummy bores, import marked and that gross commie re-park.

I remember there were some pretty nice ones with a decent finish, they looked blued , probably dip blued like the P38's that also came out of Russia / Ukraine.

I think they were around $600 and up?

the P38's were around $325 retail

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Found one! Updated in first post.

[ccandgc]

Nice!

[rdfact]

Congrats BR! Looks like you got a fine shooter at a good price.