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Johnny Peppers · 02-13-2001, 10:14 PM

Kyrie,

I am afraid that your are mistaken in your belief that there is a great gulf between collectors and shooters. I am just a casual Luger collector with limited knowledge as has been pointed out, but I am a serious 1911/1911A1 military pistol collector. I have 98/99% condition 1911 pistols that I have not and would not shoot. I have pre WWII 1911A1 military pistols that were oven blued just a few at the time that have almost a fire blue color. No reason to shoot those either. But I do have about a dozen post war commercials and customs including several National Match pistols that I shoot on a regular basis. There is certainly no great gulf there.

Maybe if the shooters and collectors are led to believe that a great gulf exists between them, maybe it will happen.

02-13-2001, 10:14 PM	#4
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: More Reworks, and the changes in how they are regarded Kyrie, I am afraid that your are mistaken in your belief that there is a great gulf between collectors and shooters. I am just a casual Luger collector with limited knowledge as has been pointed out, but I am a serious 1911/1911A1 military pistol collector. I have 98/99% condition 1911 pistols that I have not and would not shoot. I have pre WWII 1911A1 military pistols that were oven blued just a few at the time that have almost a fire blue color. No reason to shoot those either. But I do have about a dozen post war commercials and customs including several National Match pistols that I shoot on a regular basis. There is certainly no great gulf there. Maybe if the shooters and collectors are led to believe that a great gulf exists between them, maybe it will happen.