Good Times-Good Friends
 

Definitely not my gun club...none of them is holding a beer... :D

It is one of those photos that I say, " I wish I was there "
Alf.

A most impressive gathering of Gentelmen and knowledge.

I'm guessing Thor is the guy in the front row, extreme left...but which one is Alvin??? :D

Wish I were there!

This could be a clue. Guy you are talking about is my friend Marvin Cook.
http://lugerforum.com/rogues.html

That was also about 9 yrs ago ;)


All other gatherings have been informal or at Louisville, which was nice.

This was the morning trip to Ralph's, that afternoon, another group went (me, and about the same number of folks, Ron Wood was there, unsure at 5:20 AM who else was there, do not believe I took a group photo, but I still have photos of looking around at Ralph's.

Most of these were taken the same day :)


Ed

Unbelievable! Was there one He didn't own?

No cigars?

:bowdown: Awesome ! :bowdown:

The picture was from the 2000 Gathering. We had another one in 2002. Read about it here.
http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...ght=convention

Anyone have a clue how its humanly possible and how many?

Unfortunately at the time, my circumstances did not permit me to attend either of those sessions... the early days of the Lugerforum... ahhh I remember them well! How far we have come as an organization... I remember when the membership numbered less than FIFTY people... we are now close to 8500 registered members...! :)

One the original photo...

Names and faces I can remember,

Back row (left to right):

(Can’t Remember), Frank Manders, Ted Green, Hugh Clark, (Can’t Remember), Gerry Tomek (GT), John Dunkle

Front Row Left to Right):

Marvin Cook, Murray Willis, Ralph Shattuck, GT Jr, …. (Not sure who is on the bottom right…)

Eric,

You have to be at the right place, at the right time... and have the money... that is how it is possible...

How many?, I wouldn't even want to venture a guess. I don't believe that anyone owned more Lugers than Ralph Shattuck at the peak of his collection, except the German government! :D

Good memory, the man to the left of Frank is his son, dont remember his name. Bill Forsythe is the man standing between Hugh Clark and GT. At the bottom right is Jack McCabe. :cheers:
Ralph started at age 14 collecting Lugers and he told me at one time he had around 500 in his personal collection and another 1100 in inventory. All those Lugers in that room smelled great!

What a Privaledge! What do You believe was Ralphs' rarest find?

I don't know about rarest, but I think his most prized Luger was a Hiram Maxim presentation carbine.

He featured it in the video "Tales Of The Gun". A must see for luger fans!

I'm amazed His site and lugers are still accesable! 'worldoflugers'

Early get togethers in the South West!
 

At the first "gatherings" we usually had a Friday night icebreaker at my house, Ralph included! with a few "refreshments" and prime rib roast for evening snack....And to plan who went where and when, to Ralphs Luger armory.... small groups only as I remember. And, as it was even then, pretty taxing on Ralph, short visiting periods... The Friday evening events were a small gun show in themselves, as Ron Wood and several others brought out "safe queens" that most of us could only dream about ever seeing... and passed them around!!...:eek:....That was a really fun time, and certainly bonded some, if not most, of us into lifelong friends... ;) ... Here's to the "Good'ol'days!...:cheers:....Best to all, til...lat'r....GT

Ralph is interviewed toward the end of the Tales of the Gun program, and can be seen on Youtube at Tales of the Gun: Luger (4/5), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vYq1...eature=related.

Ralph would be and is proud of all of You!!

It must have been a special occasion, I've never seen his gun room in such good order that you could fit that many people in it ... much less have the horizontal surfaces clear enough to have sitting room for some folks !!

I dont remember the story on this engraved hunting carbine or the big Luger someone had made for Ralph. I could spend hours in that room finding the most interesting Lugers and things.
http://members.rennlist.org/lugerman/ArtyEngraved.JPG
http://members.rennlist.org/lugerman/BigLuger.JPG
http://members.rennlist.org/lugerman/Sleepybaby.jpg