Gun shows, online auctions, best place to look?

Ice · 10-18-2009, 08:44 AM

Lugers seem to be creeping out of the woodwork at the gunshows. I guess people need cash more than heirlooms now.

Charlie

sheepherder · 10-18-2009, 09:44 AM

I've stopped looking at, or even asking about, Lugers at gun shows. It seems to me that the Lugers that are brought and displayed are only for other dealers (there are closed-to-public times just for show displayers). I've asked to look at, and even displayed money, but get refused; sometimes [rarely] politely.

I'm a member of the association that hosts the shows, and my best guess is that the dealers only sell amongst themselves, or display the Lugers as attention getters.

Strangely enough, the biggest crowd-gatherers are the crates of military surplus weapons...In years past, it has been Enfields from India; FN-49's from Egypt; CETME's from Spain (IIRC); AK's from anywhere; British revolvers (Enfield or Webley, I can't tell the difference); Soviet bloc automatic pistols; etc...Any or all going for under $300...and they sell like hotcakes...

alvin · 10-18-2009, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by postino

I've asked to look at, and even displayed money, but get refused; sometimes [rarely] politely.

Why? Even if they don't like you, they are supposed to like your money.

Oh, Postie, you must be well known in their circle

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Or, super expansive guns? I saw "don't touch without permission" in some gun stores. Big guns though. Small ones, of course I cannot touch, they are locked in counter.

sheepherder · 10-18-2009, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by alvin

Why? Even if they don't like you, they are supposed to like your money.

Oh, Postie, you must be well known in their circle

New York gun dealers are pretty arrogant; they know all there is to know about Lugers, Mausers, Walthers, Colts, S&W, etc...

A little nobody like me can never hope to gain their knowledge on anything weapon related...

No, they don't know me or my friends...their circle is pretty closed to outsiders...

That dealer from Nanuet is an excellent example...Don't even try to tell him his GB ads are misleading...or his descriptions are incomplete...or, heaven forbid, ask a question...he'll tell you (if he answers you at all) that you're wasting his time with stupid questions...

He saves me a lot of money...

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10-18-2009, 08:44 AM	#1
Ice User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 552 Thanks: 13 Thanked 69 Times in 57 Posts	Lugers seem to be creeping out of the woodwork at the gunshows. I guess people need cash more than heirlooms now. Charlie

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sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	I've stopped looking at, or even asking about, Lugers at gun shows. It seems to me that the Lugers that are brought and displayed are only for other dealers (there are closed-to-public times just for show displayers). I've asked to look at, and even displayed money, but get refused; sometimes [rarely] politely. I'm a member of the association that hosts the shows, and my best guess is that the dealers only sell amongst themselves, or display the Lugers as attention getters. Strangely enough, the biggest crowd-gatherers are the crates of military surplus weapons...In years past, it has been Enfields from India; FN-49's from Egypt; CETME's from Spain (IIRC); AK's from anywhere; British revolvers (Enfield or Webley, I can't tell the difference); Soviet bloc automatic pistols; etc...Any or all going for under $300...and they sell like hotcakes...