Hello Curt,
Since you are a Californian, you well may know how pitiful our gun shows have become.
The Reno show always has a good luger-turnout...sometimes 80-100+ lugers for sale or display. Many with big dealers but others 1-3 on a table with private folks.
The Luger Forum group arrives very early on Friday morning at show opening time. We all get together for dinner at the Steak House in the Hilton (where the show is held) on Friday night. You are certainly welcomed to join us !
LF member Russ Withem and his friend Ken Coyle normally have some tables in the A-4 area (I think...Russ correct me if I am incorrect...).
If you enter the show, you can get a map and vendor table locating list to find the table area...
The nice thing about bigger shows with lots of luger...you can see some obvious refinished lugers next to original finish lugers...sometimes the refinished pieces are being offered as "original".
One vendor normally has 20-30 pistols...all with the same, identical blackish finish even though his lugers can span nearly 80 years of manufacturing from several diffent luger makers....and he gets insulted if you ask if they are refinished...which of course they are...
The show has also been very good for locating luger accessories such as take-down tools, cleaning rods, magazines, grips, holsters and even luger books.
I always come with a luger shopping list but find myself buying a pistol at every show that is not even a luger.
See you at the show !
Regards,
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