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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 |
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 |
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 |
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:
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Semper Fi Gunny.
Neil |
Oh my God, not a Theologian...
Welcome. dju |
Welcome to the forum
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Welcome to the forum. A lot of knowledge is floating around here, and it is free to the taker.
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Welcome to the Forum and the crazy world of luger collecting. Bill
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I hope you are not the one that parked that tank in your aitar! Welcome aboard, John
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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. |
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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!
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Welcome aboard bro.
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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 |
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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.... |
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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. |
Welcome to the forum John.
Bob |
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