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GySgt1811 03-10-2012 11:01 AM

Introductions
 
Good day, gentle-persons. I've gotten my nerve up to post and feel the need to introduce myself. My name is John Cornwell and I live in Southern Indiana about 30 miles from Louisville, KY. I have been lurking around the site for about a year now and finally screwed up the courage to register. I am so impressed with the mother lode of knowledge and experience to be found here. It awakened in me a desire to be possessed by a Luger or two. I am now owned by a 1916 (Same year my dad was born) DWM, an M1914 Mauser 7.65, and C96 Mauser c1912 or so. The Luger is a mostly matching (I think!) shooter about NRA Very Good condition. The c1928 M1914 Mauser is in remarkable shape; and the C96 "has issues." Pictures, naturally, when I get sufficient posts to do so.

My future (also present and only) wife gave me my first firearm 48 years ago and I've been collecting and shooting ever since. I'm a former Marine tanker with trigger time, a retired Banker and have earned a Masters in Theology (What ever was I thinking!). As time and treasure allow, I hope to acquire additional Lugers to fondle. Meanwhile I am immersing myself in the forum, drinking in the knowledge and experience to be gleaned.

Best regards to all,
John

Frank 03-10-2012 11:07 AM

Hi John,

WELCOME!!! Nice to have you as a Luger NUT. Some of us are old Luger Nuts and some are young Luger Nuts; but we all like 'em.

Luger collecting is a difficult thing to ignore, so be careful!

:D

Neil Young 03-10-2012 11:41 AM

Welcome aboard Gunny, from an old Marine, but I only made E4. Virtually everyone on this forum is great. Occasionally, a stinker comes along, but they can't camoflage themselves and don't last long. There are novices like myself and then there are world reknown experts here. I learn from them every day.

Neil

GySgt1811 03-10-2012 11:51 AM

Semper Fi, Marine. The two best enlisted ranks in the Corps are Corporal and Gunny; (the two best Officer ranks are Captain and Commandant.) Thanks for the welcome. :cheers:

Neil Young 03-10-2012 12:30 PM

Semper Fi Gunny.

Neil

DavidJayUden 03-10-2012 01:12 PM

Oh my God, not a Theologian...
Welcome.
dju

padredan 03-10-2012 01:44 PM

Welcome to the forum

rhuff 03-10-2012 02:16 PM

Welcome to the forum. A lot of knowledge is floating around here, and it is free to the taker.

wlyon 03-10-2012 02:21 PM

Welcome to the Forum and the crazy world of luger collecting. Bill

JTD 03-10-2012 05:44 PM

I hope you are not the one that parked that tank in your aitar! Welcome aboard, John

GySgt1811 03-10-2012 06:00 PM

Well, as the old saying goes, "If'n you don't get a backlash now and then, you ain't fishin'."

No, actually, the picture in the avatar isn't mine, thank goodness. However, I put mine in hull defilade in the mud...twice. Took two tanks and the M-88 to un-stick it...twice; once in Wisconsin and once in Saudi Arabia. I got good at it. Then there's the time my old M-48 caught fire...but that's another story.

GySgt1811 03-10-2012 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidJayUden (Post 209541)
Oh my God, not a Theologian...
Welcome.
dju

No, DJU, thank goodness. Theology is for better/smarter folks than what I am. I ended up being an adjunct professor of Ancient Near Eastern Literature. And that's almost as arcane as Luger lore. :D

TheRomanhistorian 03-10-2012 11:36 PM

Welcome aboard, Gunny and greetings from one adjunct to another! I look forward to seeing the photos of your pistols when you are able to post them!

Curly1 03-11-2012 02:17 PM

Welcome aboard bro.

Sammler 03-11-2012 05:41 PM

Welcome to a new collector!
 
Welcome, indeed, to Luger appreciation and collecting.

In June of 1955, I was in Louisville and checked out the guns in a few pawn shops. I recall one shop that had row after row of Lugers in their glass display case. They were priced by barrel length--the longer the barrel, the higher the price! No one knew about just how rare some Lugers were, so an average artillery cost more than a really nice Krieghoff. There was no mention of commercial (grip safety) models, police , MAUSER "banners," etc.--they were all simply Lugers. If my memory serves me right, the four inch barrel Lugers were $30, the four and three-fourth were $40, the six inch were $40-50, and the eight inch "artillery" (no one called them that in those days) were $60. There was some variation in price to allow for condition.

Good old days!

Sammler

alvin 03-11-2012 05:55 PM

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Good old days!

In its "tool" stage, gun does not appreciate in value, only drops in value through depreciation, like Glock. From old advertisements, Artillery Luger was $40, Navy Luger was $38.50, 7.65m/m Luger was $21.50, 7.63m/m Mauser was $35, 9m/m "Red 9" was $40. That's in 1920s. Price in 1950s was not very different from that of 1920s.

Even in "collector" stage, if considering inflation, many C&R European automatic pistols have appreciated in value, but not that much, except a few star variations....

kmichaels90 03-11-2012 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by alvin (Post 209609)
In its "tool" stage, gun does not appreciate in value, only drops in value through depreciation, like Glock. From old advertisements, Artillery Luger was $40, Navy Luger was $38.50, 7.65m/m Luger was $21.50, 7.63m/m Mauser was $35, 9m/m "Red 9" was $40. That's in 1920s. Price in 1950s was not very different from that of 1920s.

Even in "collector" stage, if considering inflation, many C&R European automatic pistols have appreciated in value, but not that much, except a few star variations....

Back in 1960 my grandfather, who was 16 at the time ordered a broom handle mauser from a mail order catalog. He no longer recalls the name of the catalog but the pistol he recieved was a late post war bolo in near mint condition with matching stock rig with the leather harness and a cleaning rod. He says he paid around $45 for it. He still has it to this day and I have fired it on occassion it is all matching and still near mint.

alvin 03-11-2012 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by kmichaels90 (Post 209613)
I have fired it on occassion it is all matching and still near mint.

Probably you don't want to shoot it anymore. Postwar Bolo with matching stock in NRA excellent condition could sell $4k to $6k. If you break a single numbered part,,,,, the value drops dramatically. On 1987 (or 1984, I cannot remember) gun value catalog, the editor recorded one event: a guy bought ten minty Bolos at $750 each as "investment" (total $7500). Those days are gone. Nowadays, even junk C96 cost that much, numerically.

C&R guns with over $2k value should not go to range. Different people have different lines, but most guns in current production, e.g. various kinds of AR15s, seldom go above $2k (except early variations). Those are for sports shooting.... so I guess $2k could be a line. Just an opinion. I found C&R guns between $1-$2k are easy to sell, probably because they are collectibles, also shootable.

spartacus38 03-11-2012 08:56 PM

Welcome to the forum John.
Bob


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