Collector observation

Edward Tinker · 08-28-2002, 10:11 PM

Yes you bet you're a collector!

When you were a kid, did you collect silly things like pop lids? Coins that weren't worth much? Old playboys? Then you went to a 12 gauge, then what ever else.

Well, any gun is a collector gun, it might be a shooter, but my shooters are still a collector piece. That East German import, it served in WW2, then the Russians came in and German repairmen fixed it.

My Artillery shooter, served in WW1 and at some point it was rusty and pitted and someone blued it. Who knows the story, but they are collectables in their own right and although not as valuable to some. Just because it was reblued doesn't take its history away from it. It is still a 1914 Erfurt 8 inch Artillery. [img]smile.gif[/img]

08-28-2002, 10:11 PM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,987 Thanks: 2,083 Thanked 4,604 Times in 2,128 Posts	Yes you bet you're a collector! When you were a kid, did you collect silly things like pop lids? Coins that weren't worth much? Old playboys? Then you went to a 12 gauge, then what ever else. Well, any gun is a collector gun, it might be a shooter, but my shooters are still a collector piece. That East German import, it served in WW2, then the Russians came in and German repairmen fixed it. My Artillery shooter, served in WW1 and at some point it was rusty and pitted and someone blued it. Who knows the story, but they are collectables in their own right and although not as valuable to some. Just because it was reblued doesn't take its history away from it. It is still a 1914 Erfurt 8 inch Artillery. [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

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