Story of Ownership...
 

Quite the story about ownership of an AE luger :

http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976791875.htm

Sounds fishy to me. Sorry I couldnt resist.

Purchased new in 1925. Long shelf life....

Pete, this could be an honest Abercrombie and Fitch!

Heinz,

No such thing as 1900 Abercrombie and Fitch. Only 1906 models. But give them time and I am sure there will be.

Mike Jones

Alaska fishermen---this means damp, salty atmosphere to me--they must have kept it well saturated in whale blubber!:evilgrin:

Regardless of the veracity of the story... it sure is a NICE looking AE.

Hugh,

Exactly what I was thinking. We get a lot of Alaska fishing boat and homesteaders guns that come down. I have yet to see even a modern gun that is in this condition. Most are in need of restoration or refurbishing of some kind.

Nearly all have, at the very least, surface rust somewhere. In fact the running joke is that "It must have been on a fishing boat in Alaska",when a rusty pitted gun comes into a shop.

Ron

Discussions about this AE over on Jan's Gun Boards :

http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10099