The only $500 Lugers I've seen lately were beat,pitted,mismatched,ugly,and not even worthy for parts!
Expect to pay at least $750 and up for a decent shooter,maybe cheaper if looks do not bother you.
I paid $800 not too long ago for a nice shooter,and that was a great deal.I also passed on quite a few in the $600 range,as they were not worth it.Some of these things looked like they were unsafe to fire.Corroded bores/frames,loose parts,missing parts.
I think some people will actually take a pile of corroded Luger parts and assemble them and try to sell it as a working gun.
Some idiot at a recent gunshow was selling a beat,pitted,import-marked Luger for $1800,claiming it came from his uncle who took it from the corpse of a dead nazi officer.At the end of the show,he was upset that nobody bought anything from him,and he didn't even make enough money to cover his table fee.
Expect to pay at least $750 and up for a decent shooter,maybe cheaper if looks do not bother you.
I paid $800 not too long ago for a nice shooter,and that was a great deal.I also passed on quite a few in the $600 range,as they were not worth it.Some of these things looked like they were unsafe to fire.Corroded bores/frames,loose parts,missing parts.
I think some people will actually take a pile of corroded Luger parts and assemble them and try to sell it as a working gun.
Some idiot at a recent gunshow was selling a beat,pitted,import-marked Luger for $1800,claiming it came from his uncle who took it from the corpse of a dead nazi officer.At the end of the show,he was upset that nobody bought anything from him,and he didn't even make enough money to cover his table fee.
