Please help me to decide whd with Luger

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I have it for more that 5 years, bout it from the friend who left Canada for good.
I was keeping in a storage with my local gunsmith. Now, finally i have decided
to start regular practicing at the range. For that i have Browning Challenger,
and don't know what to do with this Luger.
If it has any collectors value it is not wise to use it for shooting.
And is it going to be fun and good shouter anyway... Please tell me for how much i can sell it... Maybe for that money i can buy much better shooter.

luger-TR.jpg

More pics here

http://www.increatum.com/~stue/Luger/
 
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It seams like she has been refinished and restrawed at some point. Grips are not original so this would make her a good shooter. Is she all matching or not. I do not see any numbers on trigger plate locking lever etc. Can you provide more pics of small numbered parts?
About 90000 produced in 1917. That is all I can say about this Luger for now. Close inspection will reveal additional info.
 
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This Luger has an appeal to purchasers who can't buy prohibited firearms and quite a few Lugers are prohibited because of barrel length. It may be mint condition or reblued but it appears to be in great shape, has the longer artillery or naval barrel, and may be worth a lot.
 
Thanks, everybody for help!
Abom: I'm really happy to be on the forum where people really trying to understand each other no matter what... And I'll try my best as well.
I have a couple more questions, but I need to take more pictures to be able to ask them. Stay tuned!
 
Here is more on your Luger:

-Reblue: Yes, the gun got a salt dip reblue, which is much darker and a bit glossier than the original blue. The sharp edges and the texture the gun originally had have been lost by the preparations needed for the reblue.
-The gun has been reproofed in the UK and it looks like this was done before it was reblued.
-The strawing: Not complete and way too bright gold to be original. Note that the takedown lever and magazine catch are now blue, should be strawed. Also: The grip screws should be fire blued, not strawed.
-The grips: Well, eh, 'pimp versions'.
-So basically someone did his best to make this gun prettier, although I wouldn't call it a restoration job. But combined with a decent set of wooden grips, a touch up of the few pieces that were not correctly finished and the addition of a nice stock this gun would make a nice shooter artillery, but never a collectible one.

Stue, you can PM-e if you have more Q.
 
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