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Johnny Peppers · 07-30-2001, 10:26 PM

Ray,

I have a good friend that lives in Shreveport, and about twenty years ago he had read enough stories about Lugers to know that he wanted to start collecting them. As so many do, he bought his first Luger before he bought his first reference book on Lugers. It was bought at one of the ArkLaTex gunshows, and my friend couldnt believe his good fortune to find an "Officers" Luger at the very first gun show he attended after deciding to collect Lugers. He too bought a nickel plated Luger with the usual story about it being an officers model. When he found out that the Luger had been plated as some time after it's manufacture he was so disheartened that he almost quit collecting on his first Luger. He didn't though, and went on to own several rare pieces. Also, he was the one that made me aware of the .45 cal. Luger at the Norton Gallery.

07-30-2001, 10:26 PM	#6
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Here's the reason I've been asking these questions.... Ray, I have a good friend that lives in Shreveport, and about twenty years ago he had read enough stories about Lugers to know that he wanted to start collecting them. As so many do, he bought his first Luger before he bought his first reference book on Lugers. It was bought at one of the ArkLaTex gunshows, and my friend couldnt believe his good fortune to find an "Officers" Luger at the very first gun show he attended after deciding to collect Lugers. He too bought a nickel plated Luger with the usual story about it being an officers model. When he found out that the Luger had been plated as some time after it's manufacture he was so disheartened that he almost quit collecting on his first Luger. He didn't though, and went on to own several rare pieces. Also, he was the one that made me aware of the .45 cal. Luger at the Norton Gallery.