I had too
 

I had to make my nickle luger my avatar,theres a good story behind it to. clint

''Whats The Story"

I thought you would never ask, LOL A very old friend that I first met in 1976 had it and I being 19 at the time asked him what it was, He told me it was a silver plated german luger that his grandfather had taken from a dead officer and had brought back from the war and it was quite valubale. Well time went on and we became great friends as we both loved guns, me american western era and him all things german. He introduced me to his grandfather a couple of years later and I asked him about the luger. He told me he took it off a officer allright but he was american and he won it in a poker game which I dont doubt since there was allways one going on in the back of his store. He said the guy had brought it back from Italy after the war and had no Idea where he had got it. My friend became Ill a few years ago and passed away and I purchased 3 of his guns from his mother this being one of them. The other day another friend of mine gave me the luger that brought me here which turns out to be a imported shooter. As I got to reading this fourm I seen alot of stuff about nickle?chrome lugers and dug this one out of the safe and it is a nice all matching P-08 Mauser baner with these proofs .I dont know why the nickel luger never spured my intrest like the later one has I guess cause I never took it out and shot it like I did my latest . One thing is for sure now, I have two things a silver luger and the luger fever. Clint
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Clint, great story, can I use it in my book? This is a real story, great to hear.

:)


Great avatar, it means something :)

I keep makin' friends with these "old" collectors, but they see through me, must be the drool on their table; from me!

Ed

Sure you can use what there is of it,I have allways wondered if this luger came back with this finish on it,after asking on here I doubt it did but then who knows. clint

Real story is good too, GI got it, decided to have it nickled, either here in the US or there in Germany....


Just another part of the history and you made a friend because of it.


ed