[Ray]

Dear Kurt


Don't think of this as a sickness but rather as a kind of syndrome, yes that's it "Luger Collecting Syndrome".The symptoms are very similiar to those experienced by Parker Shotgun,1911,M1 Garand and other fire arms collectors. Patients sense that while they may have more guns than they need they don't have nearly as many as they want.The etiology remains somewhat unclear but has been connected to feelings as diverse as "it's an investment,"it's an investment in a piece of history","someday I will leave this to my son, my daughter","if I don't buy this now I will regret it latter",etc..Most of the individuals stricken with this almost incureable problem are acutely aware of what is happening to them.There primary concern is always to be sure that if anything happens to them their guns are sold for more than they told their wife they paid for them.The incidence of the problem is even more wide spread than many of us thought.However more recently researches have decided that the origin of the syndrome is simply the fun and interest it provides folks.That seems like a good explanation to most of us. Having said that you should worry more about being cured than getting worse.Welcome to what promises to be the most fun you have had since the world was young.