Thanks cirelaw :) Coming from an awesome collector like you it means a lot. :)

My 1914 Erfurt Artillery (#'s matching) thanks you too.
https://i.imgur.com/961JvD8.jpg

Regret selling Luger
 

Yes, Krieghoff serial # 10000

derf0018

I Would Shoot Myself First!

Serial # 10000 Krieghoff was purchased in 1968 at the Peoria, Ill gun show and was
sold in 1969 to Uncle Ralph at the OGCA show in Columbus, Ohio. Hated to part with it,
but needed the $. Purchased for $450 and sold for (I think) for $600.
It was sold on Rock Island Auction a few years ago for $20,600.

Fred (derf0018)

Well worth it

I bought a Simson in a sporting goods store in 1959 for $42. I had not shot it until I was on vacation in Missouri in 1960. My father , brother and I were shooting in an abandoned lime quarry. I was shooting Remington ammo and the pistol shoot very well but it would occasionally jam. I became very upset with the pistol and traded it off in a small gun shop on the way back to California. About two weeks after getting home I read an article about lugers and it said American ammo was too week to work the toggle action. At the time you could buy a BYF in very good condition for about $40. I never saw another Simson for sale. You could buy a WWII 1911 for the same price. I still have the urge to regurgitate every time I think about my stupidity. I know I have posted this story before. Forgive me. I am trying to receive absolution.

Every one I ever traded as a early Teen. Currency in School was 1 Package "Lucky Strike" Cigarettes fore one regular 08. In Germany we just call the Luger "08" .
Where I grew up (Alps near the Austrian Border) almost every Pond had Guns and Ammo dumped into them when the War ended. Wading around in short Lederhosen and barefoot in the Black Muck one could feel what was there and bring it up often sealed in Tin Cases. Very few People wanted a Gun but everybody wanted Cigarettes and Lucky Strike was King.

Times have changed.

Cheers