Sidney Aberman at one of the early NAPCA conventions ( circa, early/mid 70's in St. Louis ). Brought a assortment of extremely rare .45 ACP autos, to display. One of the two known .45 Lugers was among them.
It was a real hoot to see the guys crowding around, ( me included ). As Sid let us individually fondle it, along with his other goodies. Even 30+ years ago he probably had at least a quarter of a million bucks worth of very rare .45 ACP's, in his display.
What got me was that he was so nonchalant about the various guns. He just had them crammed in ordinary glass top display cases.
On the other hand, some of these self-anointed Luger gurus I would run into at shows, acted as if they had the crown jewels of England on display. Whereas in all reality, 2/3 of their guns were probably the handiwork of Pastor Munkel, courtesy of Waffenfabrik Michigan.
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