What a Crock!
 

Simpson's is offering this high grade postwar Mauser for 7K...catch is, they keep the grips! This makes no sense to me, as the elephant they came from is long dead, and they obviously BOUGHT the gun with the grips...

http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...ducts_id=40556

There is a new regulation that they must follow?

Although the original restrictions have been amended.

So any object that exists in the US made from ivory from now on can never be sold? Thats insane.....so then what DO they do with their unsellable ivory grips?

See this page:

http://www.fws.gov/international/tra...answers.html#2

Was on the page as you typed......in the Governments' infinite wisdom, you can however go to Africa and SHOOT 2 elephants a year and bring the ivory back.

yes, as usual with gov't, no sense is there :rolleyes:

Welcome to the world of CITES regulations. It's a shame how many species are severely harmed by restrictions on LEGAL hunting. Unintended consequences...
Also, don't blame Simpsons, Ltd. Their business world would end at the mere allegation of CITES improprieties.
dju

I'm not a collector and I sometimes get caught out by the more technical terms collectors use - Can someone explain "Factory engraved polished metal coin type metal finish" to me??? :confused:

Just curious but I wonder if it would be possible to skirt the law by giving the grips, free gratis, to the person that buys this particular Luger, say as an incentive? After all, freebies are given all the time to those that purchase many other items? :confused:

Lon

That might work...but to suggest it in public gives it the jinx! Now the buyer will have P.E.T.A., the BATFE, and who knows else checking to see if the grips appear in the wrong hands!:evilgrin:

Skirting the CITES regs. is akin to having an unregistered machine gun. DON'T DO IT!
dju

That's a bloody shame to not get the grips with the pistol. There's something amazing about ivory (I have one of those old ivory scaled seven day straight razor sets) and something about a a Luger or Broomhandle merits the ivory.

Here is the law~ http://thehill.com/regulation/admini...nals-overnight

The Law and NRA~~~https://www.nraila.org/articles/2014...ban-fact-sheet

Even more funny is the fact that Mauser used mammoth ivory ;)

Probably they refer to the dark grey color tone of this pistol. It looks like an old tarnished quarter coin.

Iirc somewhere I read that the ban includes mammoth ivory.

--Dwight

Mammoth ivory is OK.

Well, then if Mauser used mammoth ivory, and mammoth ivory is OK (I've heard that too), then somebody oughta clue Simpson's in. ...or did I miss something?

also fossilized walrus ivory.