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John Sabato · 04-19-2009, 10:50 PM

Viggo was also a WW2 combat veteran.

I am the proud owner of two absolutely perfect wooden magazine bottoms created by the master engineer to rehab the broken bottoms on the magazines that my late Dad brought home from WW2 with his Luger (that is now mine.)

They were a gift from Viggo to my father. I will treasure them always. He was a great friend. We had many long discussions on gunsmithing and engineering. He was fascinating to talk to. I had the privilege of introducing Viggo to Bob Spitzer (Schwob), another favorite Lugerforum member who has passed on. Bob generously loaned his complete Ideal Luger holster/stock to Viggo so that the master engineer could reproduce one of these rare items for his own model 1900 Luger that he had refinished from a Junker into a fine shooter. There is a permanent album of his reproduction Ideal stock in the Member Gallery for those new members who didn't know him... I swear, he could make ANYTHING he put his mind to...

Happy Birthday Viggo G. Dereng ... you are missed and not forgotten.

04-19-2009, 10:50 PM	#7
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Viggo was also a WW2 combat veteran. I am the proud owner of two absolutely perfect wooden magazine bottoms created by the master engineer to rehab the broken bottoms on the magazines that my late Dad brought home from WW2 with his Luger (that is now mine.) They were a gift from Viggo to my father. I will treasure them always. He was a great friend. We had many long discussions on gunsmithing and engineering. He was fascinating to talk to. I had the privilege of introducing Viggo to Bob Spitzer (Schwob), another favorite Lugerforum member who has passed on. Bob generously loaned his complete Ideal Luger holster/stock to Viggo so that the master engineer could reproduce one of these rare items for his own model 1900 Luger that he had refinished from a Junker into a fine shooter. There is a permanent album of his reproduction Ideal stock in the Member Gallery for those new members who didn't know him... I swear, he could make ANYTHING he put his mind to... Happy Birthday Viggo G. Dereng ... you are missed and not forgotten. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*